Both yes and no. It will certainly change the process, but to shut out distraction, what needs to be done is to treat it like a job, a difficult job, and organi

Both yes and no. It will certainly change the process, but to shut out distraction, what needs to be done is to treat it like a job, a difficult job, and organize life and work around it. A device with an e-ink display doesn't change anything about it. I'm not saying writing tools don't matter to writing at all, but it seems to me that they don't solve the problem of distraction. It's not that hard to turn off the WIFI, or leave your phone in a different room. The Microsoft Office toolbars, however ugly, isn't stopping you from churning out words. Books don't write themselves simply because an e-ink screen replaces a LED monitor. The most productive writer I personally know, writes on his work laptop running MS word. The machine has as much bloats and distractions as you can imagine, but he writes two chapters of light novels a day on average, before and after going to work. There is no special equipment, no internet-proof basement, no mental gymnastics. For him, writing is work, so he allocates some dedicated time to do it. Writing (well) is such a difficult task, that simply, not everybody is going to be a productive writer. Just like not everyone is going to be a good mathematician, regardless of how little distraction surrounds them. --- If one has a real addiction to social media or video games, that's all together a different problem. Using a distraction-free typewriter to combat digital addiction is like quitting smoking with a tobacco-free basketball.