

Scrivener is a writing tool that is great whether you write short stories, novels, scripts and even essays or scientific articles.
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I see some have touched on it already, but I think Scrivener deserves an explanation, because it is truly a great piece of software (and even though it isn't free, the price isn't that hefty, either). I do use Markdown Extras to get support for footnotes, fenced code blocks, definition lists, etc. I put together a script to translate from Markdown directly to LaTeX for when HTML isn't my target output, and may add other formats down the road. I write in Markdown, because it's easy to deal with in plain text mode and does not distract me from my writing. Keeping them on separate desktops, I can shift back and forth as needed without getting distracted when I'm writing in Pyroom. I use Freemind (also free and open source) to manage my notes. The colors, box dimensions, font, and autosave behavior are configurable, and that's it. It runs in fullscreen mode only, providing you with an eye-strain easing green box of text on a black background. Pyroom is a free, open source editor with no bells and whistles. So, when writing at my computer instead of with my fountain pens or typewriter, I use Pyroom. I have a tendency to get distracted by the shiny.

I've tried many of the things mentioned above, but they never really worked for me.
