Forget Willpower ‘Tis better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington There’s a reason why some of the most productive writers I know have a dedicated writing computer/laptop. (For those who don’t know what that is, it is a computer not connected to the internet, has no games and can basically do nothing else beside word processing–like a typewriter. If you don’t know what that is, look it up). Why do these authors use such a boring tool?