My writing workflow:

Thanks Steven Johnson, I really appreciate seeing this insight into your craft. I have just settled on an article- and book-writing workflow that I’m really satisfied with.

I write in Ulysses. It does the same scrolling-doc-made-of-cards-in-nested-folders trick as Scrivener. The most compelling feature for me is that I can edit in Markdown format, and then export to rtf, html, epub, pdf, docx, and Medium. It’s a minimalist interface with good customisation options hidden out of sight.

Here’s some screenshots:

• the 3 column layout for when I’m working on structure
• distraction-free mode for when I’m in flow (nothing on the screen but words)

And the output:

• example blogpost published to Medium
• pdf + html exports on my website

All I want now is collaborative editing mode and I would be 100% satisfied with my workflow.