What is your writing platform

Hi Guys!!

I want to know what you guys use to write your novels. I know most of you guys are going to use Microsoft Word or Notepad, but I know some of us are a bit techie.

I will use Scrivener this year. This program is amazing! It helps keep my notes, character sheets, scenes, drabbles etc in one program.

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivenerforwindows/

to motivate me I use Write or Die. ^__^

I also drabble in notebooks and word but yeah this is what I use!

I use Ywriter5, but I sooo wanna use Scrivener. I want to try it. I use Write or Die too at times. :) I also use Microsoft OneNote for notes, and I have a sketchpad for hand written notes.

I'm looking for something where i could write my outline too. Is Scrivener *really* that good? I keep hearing good reviews for it.

This is my first time to attempt writing a novel so I'm content with MS Word at the moment, though I checked the link you put up for Scrivener and I think it's quite nice too. Is the download link provided for trial version only?

yWriter for organizing and actual writing, Writemonkey for those power-writing moments of desperation, might re-arrange/recheck stuff using Storybox or Storybook (the free versions). Instead of Word, I use OpenOffice. :D I tried writing with LSB (Liquid Story Binder), but the features overwhelm me. I'm trying Scrivener as well (using the demo) but I'm still stuck in the tutorial phase (that, and I'm a little worried about getting attached to the program; still can't afford the whole package) :))

I've only used MS Word for my last 2 attempts. I once tried writing using my cellphone but that proved to be really difficult since it wasn't the fancy kind of phone- didn't have a qwerty keypad nor a writing program to support it so one wrong click would delete everything ahah-

I gauge that I would be having (more) trouble with NaNo this year because I just lost my laptop a few months ago. While I can borrow my mom's laptop, I won't be able to use it as liberally as I want lol I would probably have to whip out the good ol' fashioned pen and paper, if all else fails.

Scrivener looks really rad though! I once encountered a similar program though Scrivener looks sleeker (which is a definite plus, lol)

I'm gonna mix MS Word with old school pen and paper and copy-paste on Google Docs.

@Metaclipse: I'm doing the same. :D

I downloaded yWriter and Focus Writer a week ago. I tried them out, but, I don't know... I just didn't feel like writing with them. The former made me feel like a computer programmer, not a writer, although, I do appreciate the features that help in organization. Focus Writer is just Notepad with a background image. I have yet to try Scrivener; I hear it's nice.

So, yeah: pen, paper, laptop, and a clipboard with index cards and Post-its.

For outlines and notes, I use Microsoft One Note. For the actual writing, yWriter, since I have used this last year and I feel comfortable with it. For forcing myself to write, Write or Die.

I write using MSWord, Google Docs or the traditional pen and paper. :D Since PinoyWriMo is becoming environmental friendly, I might primarily use the first two methods. If the two are unavailable, scratch papers might do the trick. :D

yWriter5 and Q10. No one else is using Q10? I'm old school too so I'm using the traditional pen and paper style coupled with MS Word. Write or Die helps a lot. xD

I got converted to yWriter5 earlier this year, when I needed to do rewrites for last year's NaNo. It's good, it's NaNo-friendly, and it works for me, but that's because 1) I write out of order and 2) I am very serious about getting all of my novels published (or at least publishable) within this lifetime.

Even then, in the case of my July Camp NaNoWriMo, I still had to write chunks out of order on WordPad, because I was very, very particular about my outline. I hope it never happens again this coming November.

I'll probably be giving yWriter another shot this year, at least for the bulk of my writing. Notes and other aids will be scattered in MS Word, Notepad and pen n' paper, though.
I've tried Q10 before, iirc, but didn't find it to my liking.

I used MS Word for the first two years, then I switched to Liquid Story Binder. At first I was overwhelmed with its features, and it took me some time to adjust. But overall, it's pretty awesome; keeps everything in one place for me [i.e. outlines, character profiles, sticky notes, etc.] =D

But when I'm not in front of my computer, I go for the traditional pen and notebooks. [But it can't just be any pen, and it can't just be any notebook either.] Last year, I have found my love for pencils, only because I can erase whatever I write by mistake XD Maybe I'll use it again when I do my outlines one of these days...

Using MS Word for writing the manuscript then two different iPad apps for outlining and background research. :) Also have an audio recorder app just in case something occurs to me but I cant write / type it for some reason.

Notepad.

Hardcore is the closest word to describe me. So far, no word has been invented yet that would accurately define my magnificence.

(actually, it's just plain old Word, and a bunch of notes)

Very old school for me.
Pencil, pen, and random pieces of paper and notebooks stored in a folder/envelop. :D

Has anyone tried Pangurpad? I have Storyist, but I'm not feeling the software features, and probably the only section I'd be using there is when I actually type the manuscript. I wanted to install ywriter, but I'm using an old Mac OSX & installation is being a b*tch.

celtx, because it's free, and I don't have 40 dollars to pay for scrivener even if I totally want to. It gets the job done, but scrivener is better. Celtx is better for making scripts.

celtx looks good to me. Maybe I'll try it. :D Thanks EK.

Does anyone also know any free full screen writing apps? I'm recommending OmmWriter for those with updated OS. I'm looking for one that would go well with my ancient Mac...I really need a clutter-free, no distractions app once I start writing.