The world is full of distractions, many of which are localised to the screens we all stare at day in and day out. The fact that the surface you turn to for necessary but boring life tasks, such as paying bills or sending strongly worded emails, is also the same setting for hours upon hours of cat videos is perhaps why writing this news story took far longer than it should have. In a tale as old as time, I'm yet one more writer prone to procrastination. Freewrite's latest keyboard, featuring a mechanical word counter front and centre, may be just what I need.
Freewrite is a line of products from Astrohaus, a company that has taken it upon itself to create smart, distraction-free devices that ensure easily led astray writers such as myself actually get words on the page. Freewrite already offers a suite of ludicrously expensive smart typewriters, like the very pretty Valentine costing almost a grand. The company's latest crowdfunding campaign touts a keyboard with a mechanical session timer plus a 'wordometer' to ensure writers meet all their deadline day goals.
