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Sarcasm and witticism aside, honestly, I am always bemused/a bit mystified by this kind of question, which arises here as regularly as dandelions in the lawn.
The underlying implication of such questions is broader: Is there some software that will help me be a better writer?
That question does arise regularly, but this thread is not about that: there's a subtle difference in the OP's question:
What's your favorite writers' word processor and why?
It's a lot like this FAQ question.
It's a question about tools, not about shortcuts.
It's a question about using tools effectively and efficiently.
These are digital attempts to not just mimic the facility offered by a yellow pad and index cards, or stacks of paper, or post-its on the wall, but to make it easier to find that scribbled note about motivation.
And I note that working in technology support for writers at a university, and writing books myself about using technology, has made me realize that this conversation about tools is important, and helpful for lots of writers of different kinds.
Another writer and I have been engaging on Twitter about resources for research management--specifically, using tools like the research tools in Scrivener; I use Evernote a lot, for instance, and I've been asked to write about using Zotero for research/bibliographic management.
It's tools.
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