I’ve tried several apps, including Scrivener, for “organising” my writing. Full screen mode seems to be a gimmick offered by them all. I fail to understand all the fuss about full screen. If I sit down to write, full screen doesn’t improve my level of concentration; neither does it improve the quality of my writing.

Apps that claim to help organise my process also seem a little “gimmicky” to me. My Mac, with Spotlight or Quicksilver, is one big organising machine. Why do I need an app to do what my Mac does already?

The only thing that seems to help my writing process is simplicity. I use TextMate. Plain text works great for me. I can open a window and just start writing without having to navigate through the front end of a complex app before beginning to type.