I found an interesting "minimalist" word processor named Writer.app (Mac only). It presents the simple interface that a lot of people seem to like these days. The hook is that Writer.app allows only forward movement. Backspacing causes the text to be struck out and corrections or modifications can only be placed at the end of the strike-through region. A few minutes of this and the page looks like a first draft done quickly on a typewriter, which is the point. There's also no spell checker, as the writer is expected to get it right the first time. Writer.app has a couple of other features; it takes control of the screen, making the desktop dimmed an inaccessible until the user saves and exits. The user can also create a "network space", with no internet access. At the end of the session, the text can be exported, without strike-outs, to a text file or to a Word or Mellel document. The idea is that by simlulating a typewriter as closely as possible, a distraction-free environment is created. I remember typing papers in college and I can testify that the typewriter did not make me more focused and efficient. As long as I was sitting in a room with books, magazines, a radio, a stereo, or a TV, there was plenty to take my mind off typing (and this was back when television only had 4 channels, counting PBS, which I didn't). I was especially distracted by errors--backspacing or using White Out always made me just frustrated enough to do something else for a minute or two. I was not an accurate typist and the first word processors  with backspace and word wrap seemed on a par with the discovery of electricity. I always wrote out first drafts long hand, saving the typing for the end. If I actually tried creating on a typewriter, I'd never have finished college. In the end, Writer.app is just gimmicky and frustrating. Distraction is everywhere, and writers have to figure out their own strategies for dealing with it. A new tool isn't the answer.