Where do you compose your Journal entries before submission?

When writing your journal entries, do you compose your drafts right in the thread reply, or do you use a word-processor to compose them?

This (below) is what I use. It's called FocusWriter, and you'll see why I use it (and recommend it). I tried making a video screencast to demonstrate it, but due to it requiring viewing it full-screen,the video file size gets WAY too large to work with for me, so I resorted to a screenshot and hope you get the idea.

Click on the image to view it in full size so you can read about it.



Website to download: http://gottcode.org/focuswriter/

Download JediHolocron Theme: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9384877/JediHolocron.fwtz
(To save and import from within FW)

If it's part of my studies, or something that I think is gonna be lengthy or important, I write my posts in MSWord and copy them across (and save the Word file on my computer).

Sometimes I like to ad lib and just write things in the box though - I have occasionally come a-cropper with that, when I've lost my internet connection and then lost an entire post, but I do find that sometimes I plan and edit things too much in Word, when if I just write them on the site and click submit it ends up being more from the heart. More of an honest stream of consciousness, perhaps.

I think I will probably try out FocusWriter though...it looks pretty cool.

Notepad, its why I have so many spelling errors. Luckily Chrome helps there sometimes as it points them out when I paste it into the reply. I always save my assignments in the txt files I write them, but that themed application looks great thanks.

When I for the IP, I posted it all from my iPhone, so they were all done from the native iPhone notepad app... lol...

But phones have auto correct, so my spelling isn't terrible!

Lol...

I have it saved on a flash drive however....

I generally just reply to topics in the thread

When I sit down and do some work I, generally speaking, will finish doing it then and there

I do try to keep a back up of my journal though (in date order)

I encourage others to do that as well just in case the worst should happen...

Well, I wrote them on word sometimes, sometimes directly in the topic, but I always save them on my portable hard, which is always with me... lol

And for some exercise, I write them on paper before posting... so I have some on my notebook too...


UPDATE:

The application is awesome... however not in full screen. I switch a lot when I'm writing... I will use it with a new setting

Sajjad Heydari wrote: The application is awesome... however not in full screen. I switch a lot when I'm writing... I will use it with a new setting

Pressing F11 takes it out of fullscreen, and turning fullscreen off in the preferences keeps it out of fullscreen when you start it.

I also use it for other purposes other than creative/philosophical writing (I've semi-replaced notepad with it), so when I'm not writing for a project, I have it in windowed mode and it's very nice and simple like this as well. No ugly pesky toolbars taking up the window.

I didn't knew that key... I changed the FocusWriter.ini file..... and turned full_screen = true to false!

I'll give it a go...

but usually i just write things out in Notepad++ or in the quick reply box dependent on the journal post.

I normally type it up on Microsoft Word and then copy/paste. Safer that way.