Hello, not sure if a thread already exists like this or not but I figured I'd give it a try anyways, basically its sort of like a swamp meet, one person recommends a helpful program, then another, then another. All while giving quick reviews on the programs to give insight to potential users. For alot of my writing, especially for ideas, I use a program called NoteCase, its a linux program but it will work on Windows operating systems. Its a fantastic organization program and keeps a nice outline of your thoughts. It can be downloaded here http://notecase.sourceforge.net/download.html Theres one you need to pay for called Notecase Pro, I haven't used it or heard much about it but if someone knows anything about it I'd like to hear it. Another writing program I use that helps me with some of my clustered thoughts is called MindWeb, its like MindMap but webbased and free. http://sourceforge.net/projects/mindweb/files/ Sometimes even the most bizarre thoughts make sense when put into a map.