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Certainly it's POSSIBLE to create writing on a specialist eink device.
However a decent screen on a laptop, suitably orientated, with suitable applications will be less tiring and more productive.
I've used wordprocessing and text editing for forty years. I do have eink for annotation and I use two applications side by side on the laptop screen. One is a tabbed text editor with annotations from eink and resources and the other is a wordprocessor. It's not tiring and very productive. On occasion I've edited from 8 am to 11 pm, or written from 10 pm to 7 am.
The eink devices able to be used for rewriting are x3 price and lower productivity than a laptop. Absolutely the eink is less tiring and more productive than a laptop for PROOFING, that is mostly reading and some annotation. There is no way current eink screen technology and products can match a decent 1920 x 1080 non-glare laptop for content creation and editing.
BTW, if you rub for hours with tooth paste you can take the glare/shine off a laptop screen. Note that shiny is the cheapest kind of screen. But the desk lighting, desk height, chair, laptop position, keyboard quality etc are all equally important. As is work flow method.
I prop up the rear of my laptop by about 2cm and have the front edge slightly overhanging the desk. Having regular eye tests and suitable reading glasses is important for many. Also if you wear reading glasses the screen needs to be closer than is often seen in offices. Screen no larger than 17" to fit field of view (14" to 16" is best),
All these aspects are more important than eink vs non-glare LCD. Also it can't be emphasised enough that primarily writing and editing is COMPLETELY different to reading or proofing / annotating.
If you find an eink screen better for writing than a laptop with LCD, then you are using the laptop wrong.
Another reason for a laptop over a desktop is purely power cuts. I'd add a UPS if using a desktop. Since about 1998 I've only used desktops for specialist applications needing the PCI slots (earlier ISA slots) or gaming. All programming, writing, editing has been on laptops since then. I'm only on the 4th model, purchased November 2018. Previous one was 1600 x 1200 ultrasharp non-glare from April 2002 to November 2018, though it had some upgrades and replacement battery packs.
If you ask for advice you may get some strongly held opinions that differ from your own preconceived ideas. I did look at a sort of dedicated wordprocessor / typewriter using an eink screen, a little like a Canon Starwriter (though the later versions of those had built in colour inkjets). It was rubbish and sank without trace.
Really all these eink niche products are for annotation, they are inherently rubbish for content creation.
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