What's your writing setup?

I use pen and paper then do it on the computer.

I type, and when I don't type, I think of ideas on paper, THEN I type it.

Pen. Paper. Type up when finished.

Word processor, since it makes editing easier and my handwriting is awful.

Only problem is I never know what to write anyway.

Typing, exclusively. I absolutely hated to write as a child, despite having a story-spewing imagination, and that was because I couldn't put up with the tedium of handwriting. The second teachers started accepting typed documents, I finally allowed myself to enjoy writing.

I type mostly, although I tend to make extensive notes in pen and pencil on legal pads beforehand.

Notes and sketches on paper, story typed up on my laptop. I prefer to work late at night when it's quiet and I can concentrate better.

I'm chronically unable to keep a proper writing mood and focus going whilst typing on a computer or laptop—this is largely due to some crazy thing called TV Tropes.

As such, my creative works begin in an ever-growing array of tattered notebooks, and are typed up whenever I can manage. I've recently taken to carrying around little Moleskine-type commonplace books—they're useful for both everyday notes and sudden strikes of inspiration.

Celtx.

I've got my desk with PC Tower in the living room. My laptop fits on the desk quite nicely, too. Soon I'll hook up a KVM switch to connect both the tower and laptop's docking station to the same monitor, keyboard and mouse so I can quickly switch between the laptop and PC (they both have different software that I find useful).

Ideally, I'd love a dedicated office/writing-room/man-cave to put my workstation in. Something like the one shown in the introduction to "The Ray Bradbury Theater" episodes with all sorts of cool/interesting/way-out stuff in it to "draw inspiration" from (or at least give me something other than a living-room wall to stare at).

As much as I'd like to, I can't really decorate up the living room like that.

edited 16th Sep '12 6:34:57 PM by Wolf1066

I type.

Commonplace books are the shiznat.

Word. The free version.

Sometimes I make notes in a notebook, but since I do most of my research on the internet, it's rare that I need to.

Generally I write longhand, with pen and ink (as in the dip kind, or sometimes a fountain pen) when it's feasible. I later transcribe it onto the computer. I will occasionally compose directly on the computer if I'm in a hurry, but I don't like doing so and I don't enjoy it as much.

My notes are always longhand, though, generally on loose sheets of paper which are then tucked into folders or notebooks. It's easier to access the information I need that way, because you can spread the sheets of paper out.

I find I get frustrated trying to find the bit of paper or page in a notebook I've jotted stuff down on and I don't always have the ability to scatter paper all over the living-room floor.

I'm finding Storybook and its ability to have bite-sized chunks of easily accessible data in the form of ideas, inspirations, partial scenes etc very useful.

Some day I may get the full version and see how its built-in mind-mapping tool handles the interconnectivity of those segments.

Ever since I got word processing software (we're talking Micro Pro's Word Star v.1, here, that's how long ago) with the ability to search the document for key words, I've found it a lot easier to find what I'm looking for.

edited 17th Sep '12 12:59:40 PM by Wolf1066

I write using a program called Jers Novel Writer. It can be found here: http://jerssoftwarehut.com/ It's actually quite a good piece of software, and I recommend people check it out. Oh, and it's free.

I type. 750word + Focus Writer + Drop Box, so I can do everything whether I'm on the Mac or the PC. Everything is in .txt files so they don't take up space, and so I'm not constantly fiddling with fonts. I did use another program to compile everything in one of my larger stories, but with the last hard drive crash chewing it to bits so I think I'm sticking to .txt now. :X

edited 23rd Sep '12 6:57:48 AM by Dec