I’ve had to do a large amount of writing lately, mostly business correspondence and study reports. I already tried to minimize distractions, virtual (no IM, no email) as well as physical (tidy desk). But Oliver Reichenstein’s article about Information Architects new iPad app made me realise that common writing application aren’t designed to make you write. The only thing you really need during the writing process is a basic text editor. No formatting tools. No reflection of how it will look on paper.
The Windows application that meets these requirements best is Q10. It’s fully customisable, only works fullscreen. Only disadvantage is that it can only read .txt files.