Key points

• Writing is a way of thinking. Write early and often and always.
• Write in plaintext to concentrate on writing rather than formatting.
• Keep a work journal to help focus your thoughts at the beginning of each day.
• Keep standing files, such as "someday/maybe", to capture far-off tasks and keep your main to-do.txt file lean, clean, and relevant.
• Write a personal manifesto to help define yourself.
• When creating drafts of your work product, focus on content and structure, rather than formatting.
• Use the lightweight markup language Markdown to provide basic structure and formatting hints to your drafts.
• Use a really good text editor, such as Sublime Text, that keeps your hands on the keyboard, for efficient writing and word processing.
• Backup and revision history are important. You don't want to lose anything.