{"id":933,"date":"2018-09-11T21:39:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/?p=933"},"modified":"2018-09-13T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T14:12:07","slug":"tools-of-18-bestselling-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/tools-of-18-bestselling-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pens, Paper, and Processors: What 18 Bestselling Writer’s Use to Do The Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing Routines<\/a>\u00a0gets the chance to ask Pulitzer Prize winners, #1\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0best-selling authors, brilliant novelists, talented journalists, screenwriters, and communicators to explain how they practice their craft. Writers are unique in that they are willing and excited to share the secrets of the trade. They’ll break down exactly how they go about their work. They share everything about their process because they all know the same thing – every writer is different and no two Writing Routines<\/a> are the same. There is overlap, of course, but what is endlessly fascinating about the craft of writing is each writer’s craft is different \u2013 a specific, individualized\u00a0method and system. They experiment\u00a0to eventually find what works best for them.\u00a0Then it’s rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n

Mimicking\u00a0a writer’s\u00a0routine with a meticulous exactness may not be effective. They can’t, or at least shouldn’t, be plagiarized. But they can, and should, be revised. Pulling pieces from various writer’s, just like the bestselling writer’s we’ve interviewed<\/a>\u00a0have, will help you in\u00a0shaping your own system.<\/p>\n

Be warned, there are many pieces to the puzzle that is a writer’s routine. The time of day<\/a> they like to write, pre-writing rituals<\/a>, the\u00a0music<\/a> they listen to, books and other writer’s<\/a> they’re influenced by, and the tools they use to do the work \u2013 these are all important components to getting words from the mind to the page. Ah, the page\u2013where the writing actually happens.\u00a0 For literature greats of old, this was perhaps one component that\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>uniform. However, quill and ink have fallen from favor. We’ve collected what writer’s now favor, where\u00a0words now find the page. Some prefer analog, others digital. Some need to be offline, others online. Some use waiter’s pads, others require an easel for their pad. Hopefully you can pull what works for you!<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Word or Google Docs? Or Both?<\/h3>\n

\u201cI use a Mac with Word for Mac. I can\u2019t work with anything else. The intuition built into the Apple lineage is my intuition. Whoever developed that way back when for Mac, it was built for people as computer dumb as me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Steven Kotler<\/strong>, a\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author, an award-winning journalist and one of the world\u2019s leading experts on ultimate human performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI use Microsoft Word in part because I see no reason to change, but I probably also use Microsoft Word because I\u2019m being lazy about change. I will say that I think Google Docs are an impediment to productivity. Anything that takes us online runs the risk of diverting our attention\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Paul Shirley<\/strong>, former professional basketball player and author of Stories I Tell on Dates<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a love-hate relationship with Microsoft Word, which I use for all my book and script writing. The View\/Outline feature allows me to expand and compress a document or move chapters or snippets of the material around with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Dr. Barbara Oakley<\/strong>, bestselling author of\u00a0A Mind for Numbers<\/em><\/a> and former Army Captain<\/p>\n

\u201cMicrosoft Word, I can hardly write by hand anymore, except perhaps a signature when I spend money. Many of my habits are slow to change, and the formatting in Google Docs confuses me when it comes to footnotes and the like.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Tyler Cowan<\/strong>, economics professor, author of\u00a0Average Is Over<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and contributor to the\u00a0New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek\u00a0<\/em>and many other publications<\/p>\n

\u201cI use separate Google Docs for each [working chapter] but there comes an important inflection point in my progress, where I begin to combine these independent chapters into one Word Document. I basically go from online writing to offline editing and re-writing.”<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Ryan Holiday<\/strong>, bestselling author<\/a>,\u00a0a ghost-writer<\/a>,\u00a0a columnist<\/a>,\u00a0an essayist<\/a>, a Grammy-award winning producer,\u00a0and book marketer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI tend to use Google Docs for notes, and I do my actual writing in Word. I don\u2019t always write in order, however, so I\u2019ll have a handful of documents going at once. It\u2019s always a good feeling when I can move those smaller sections into the main manuscript.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Liana Maeby<\/strong>, author of\u00a0South on Highland<\/em><\/a>, which actor\/writer BJ Novak called \u201cthe kind of book kids will steal from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I write on a laptop with Word, and express my self-hatred by writing long, research-intensive books. I took my first typing class in ninth grade, and immediately made a habit of typing everything I wrote. Now the keyboard is a more natural tool to me than a pen or pencil.”<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Pulitzer Prize winner\u00a0T.J. Stiles<\/b><\/a>, author of\u00a0Custer\u2019s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

SCRIVENER<\/h3>\n

\u201cScrivener has a set of tools that make long-arc writing projects super easy. I am a non-linear writer, meaning that I often write books from the inside-out, and Scrivener allows me to tackle sections of the book at a time and move them around later instead of having to work through the project in linear fashion. It also helps me stay on track by giving me a daily word count that keeps me on-course for my manuscript target.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Todd Henry<\/strong>, author of\u00a0The Accidental Creative<\/a>,\u00a0Die Empty<\/a>,\u00a0Louder Than Words<\/a><\/em>and\u00a0Herding Tigers<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and is the creator and host of\u00a0The Accidental Creative Podcast<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI use Scrivener for when I\u2019m drafting, because my books have multiple POVs and it\u2019s a bit easier to see how I\u2019m arranging everything with Scrivener. I use Microsoft word once I have the structure of the book down. And I hand-write in between, particularly when I\u2019m struggling to either get into or develop a scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Sabba Tahir<\/strong><\/a>, bestselling author of a YA fantasy series that began with the smash debut hit,\u00a0An Ember in the Ashes<\/em><\/a>, and was followed by\u00a0A Torch Against the Night<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0A Reaper at the Gates<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFor books, I actually start out in Scrivener. I like it because early on, when writing a book, there are so many moving parts and large organizational changes and Scrivener allows you to move massive chunks of text between chapters and sections very quickly and easily. But once the book is organized and maybe the first draft is finished, I move things over to Microsoft Word. It\u2019s just easier and the file formats are universal, so I can send it to friends, my agent or editor, etc.<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Mark Manson<\/strong><\/a>, Author of the #1\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0Bestseller\u00a0The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck<\/em><\/a>\u00a0which sold over 1 million copies in 2017 alone.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>I write books in Scrivener because I find it the easiest to jump around and organize ideas without having to incessantly scroll. That\u2019s my style. I jump around a lot, from idea to idea, chapter to chapter. Then I go back and edit it to make it cohesive. I need a tool that satisfies that style of working.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Jeff Goins<\/strong><\/a>, Bestselling author of five books including\u00a0Real Artists Don\u2019t Starve<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Art of Work<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

EVERNOTE<\/h3>\n

\u201cEvernote is hands down my most important tool as a writer. I spend a lot of time taking notes and organizing and outlining everything before I get down to composing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Shane Snow<\/strong><\/a>, journalist, entrepreneur, bestselling author of\u00a0Smartcuts<\/em><\/a>and\u00a0Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll day long, I capture ideas using the app Drafts. These get dumped into Evernote, where I have a folder full of ideas and prompts for when I\u2019m feeling dry in the creativity department.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Jeff Goins<\/strong>, Bestselling author of five books including\u00a0Real Artists Don\u2019t Starve<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Art of Work<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI took Adam\u2019s advice [from Adam Grant\u2019s\u00a0Originals<\/em><\/a>] to heart and keep an idea notebook in Evernote for future articles and books. Most of these ideas are useless, but I find that I need to get the shitty ideas out of my head for the gems to emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Ozan Varol<\/strong>, tenured law professor, and rocket scientist. He is the author of\u00a0The Democratic Coup d\u2019\u00c9tat<\/a><\/p>\n

Not Just Any Pen<\/h3>\n

\u201cI get out one of my quadrille ruled engineering pads and a sharpened\u00a0Palomino Blackwing pencil<\/a>\u00a0(I keep a Staedtler manual pencil sharpener beside me), and I set out three short tasks. One of them is doing a Pomodoro (25 minutes) on whatever I\u2019m writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Dr. Barbara Oakley<\/strong>, bestselling author of\u00a0A Mind for Numbers<\/em><\/a> and former Army Captain<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite analog toolkit is a Blackwing 602 pencil and a Moleskine notebook. Because I think I\u2019m living in the \u201930s or something? I don\u2019t know. But I love Blackwings so much that I have one tattooed on my inner arm.”<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Shane Snow<\/strong>, journalist, entrepreneur, bestselling author of\u00a0Smartcuts<\/em><\/a>and\u00a0Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPen and paper are lovely. \u00a0I\u2019m fond of the Pentel EnerGel and the MiracleBind notebook by Blueline.”<\/p>\n

\u2013 Jessica Bendinger<\/strong>, a screenwriter whose movies have grossed over $500 million worldwide. Her original script\u00a0Bring It On<\/a><\/em>\u00a0debuted at #1 in the box office and remained there for two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI often sketch things out by hand first. Small notebooks with soft covers. And I\u2019ve been using the same blue Bic pens my whole adult life. I mean literally the same pens, not just the same type of pen. I bought one package at a CVS fifteen years ago and a handful are still good. They\u2019re the clear plastic ones with the ridges, not the opaque white ones. I should write to Bic and tell them. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do when they all run out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Aaron Thier<\/strong>, Author of\u00a0The Ghost Apple<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Mr. Eternity<\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0The World is a Narrow Bridge<\/a><\/em> and recipient of a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n

NOTECARDS<\/h3>\n

\u201cDuring my research phase,\u00a0my favorite tools are 4\u00d76 notecards<\/a>\u00a0and these photo storage boxes. The entire book is outlined and organized on these cards and filed accordingly to which part, which subsection the thoughts or research on that card will be put towards. So each book will literally be made up of thousands of these cards, which are often synthesis from books I\u2019ve read, interviews I\u2019ve done, random thoughts I\u2019ve had and so on. The cards are done by hand\u2014pen, pencil, whatever is close.”<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Ryan Holiday<\/strong>, Ryan Holiday, bestselling author<\/a>,\u00a0a ghost-writer<\/a>,\u00a0a columnist<\/a>,\u00a0an essayist<\/a>, a Grammy-award winning producer,\u00a0and book marketer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFor books, I obsessively outline on index cards that I post on a large cork board in my office \u2013 each card represents a new scene, and that\u2019s how I write chapters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Bryan Mealer<\/strong>, author of\u00a0The Kings of Big Spring<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Muck City<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0New York Time<\/em>s bestseller\u00a0The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Pads<\/h3>\n

\u201cWaiter\u2019s pad for ideas. Why waiter\u2019s pad? It\u2019s cheap to get 100 of them. It\u2019s not a big notebook so you can\u2019t write a diary. just a list of ideas. And it\u2019s always a conversation piece in meetings. \u201cI\u2019ll take fries with that burger\u201d is a joke i hear ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the time in meetings and then allows me to explain why I have a waiter\u2019s pad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> James Altucher<\/strong>, author of Choose Yourself<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0listed as one of USA Today\u2019s \u201cBest Business Books of All Time,\u201d\u00a0and Reinvent Yourself<\/a><\/em>, a\u00a0#1 book overall on Amazon.com.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bigger Pads<\/h3>\n

\u201c[I was] introduced to the most elegant solution by a friend, the author Ashley Cardiff: A sketchpad. A 9-by-12-inch artist\u2019s sketchpad. This has been my great revelation. It\u2019s unlined so I can read my bad handwriting and large enough that I can group several ideas together on the same page. Plus, it gives me an excuse to buy fancy mechanical pencils.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0Liana Maeby<\/a><\/strong>, author of\u00a0South on Highland<\/em><\/a>, which actor\/writer BJ Novak called \u201cthe kind of book kids will steal from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even Bigger Pads!<\/h3>\n

\u201cFor outlining and structuring a book or even a chapter, I often use a giant pad of paper, the kind that sits on an easel. They\u2019re not cheap (about $30 for 100 sheets) but they allow a view of an entire storyboard or outline at a single glance, and have room for all kinds of arrows, exclamation points, and other notes. I got this idea from a film producer I know who keeps storyboards of his projects on the wall of his office. The ability to see a story represented as a whole \u2013 without needing to advance screens or flip pages\u2014has been a revelation to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013<\/strong> Robert Kurson<\/a><\/strong>, author of New York Times <\/em>bestselling books,\u00a0Shadow Divers<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pirate Hunters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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