For organizing ideas, a very large pad of paper and a delta elite triangle grip ballpoint pen(1). If it gets to a lot of words, back to the computer I go. (1)

For organizing ideas, a very large pad of paper and a delta elite triangle grip ballpoint pen(1). If it gets to a lot of words, back to the computer I go. (1)I know the pen is over-specified, but I find writing with most pens/pencils so unpleasant that I even type and print single envelopes to avoid it. The delta (that specific one, not any) makes writing tolerable for me--I carry one in my pocket and use it even to sign receipts.