I'm a fan of Scrivener for organizing a novel. I collect snippets of prose, research, character studies, motifs, meta thoughts on where I'm going, the actual dr

I'm a fan of Scrivener for organizing a novel. I collect snippets of prose, research, character studies, motifs, meta thoughts on where I'm going, the actual draft in Scrivener's binders and folders. For actual writing, I find that my best prose comes from putting pen on paper and using the transcription as an excuse to edit. I've thought about this a lot, and I think the reason is that going analog removes so many temptations to get online to check some detail and then wasting 15 minutes by not writing. With software, I think it is mandatory that you isolate yourself, out of WiFi range (or at least with WiFi turned off) and to stare at blank pages long enough to let the words flow.