How old-school writing tools will boost your creativity, concentration and speed. Totally related to this. I spend far too much time succumbing to the “freedom” of the computer; copying and pasting and shuffling things around, rather than actually writing. I can’t remember the last time I started something at the beginning and then wrote a linear progression of thoughts until I reached the end. I spiral around a subject, my thoughts unable to … sorry, you’re basically just reading me talk myself into going typewriter shopping now.