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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I read all of this series and am waiting not-so-patiently for the next one. Write fat man! Write before you die!
I am more curious about how he organizes his notes than what software he uses to write. He has a monstrous amount of backstory to keep in order. I imagine there is as much or more than the words in the books.
There are plenty of stripped down "no distraction" writing programs available.
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This reminds me of how Paul Levitz, long-time writer of "Legion Of Super-Heroes," used to keep track of his long-running (as in years-long) plot lines for the series. He'd write each one on a card, and advance each one a small amount in some issues. It allowed him to keep four or five subplots going on at the same time. Some where so subtle that you might not notice them at first (such as the "Shrinking Violet Imposter" subplot).
On the subject of "no distraction" word processors, Jarte (a small RTF-based word processor) has a minimal layout mode. In that mode the screen only contains a writing area (that is zoomable to the entire screen) and one menu bar at the top of the screen. While it does have some automatic features, they can be turned off with a click.