In reply to Pete.

Solid points on either side here. Ultimately I think this goes down to the implementation. An editor that has page building capabilities need not diminish the writing experience. Right now, I think Gutenberg adds far too much friction when purely writing.

If it doesn't get that right, we're failing writers.

And then it will be how WordPress created its own page builder just like every other service and cms, it doesn't separate us from the crowd.

A page builder does not sympathize with an author trying to write good content, it only concerns itself with how it looks. I think the writing experience must come first. So I hope as Gutenberg evolves it manages to achieve that.