I have been using a tool called Fargo for my writing on this site and the integration with WordPress was recently upgraded so that I can import this entire site’s content to an outline.

• Writing in an outline helps the creative process because I can first write something as a “stream of consciousness” without worrying too much about structure, and then during the editing process I can easily move paragraphs around so that the document flows as I want.

Besides the ability to organize and edit what I write in an outline, I can use Fargo on any personal computing platform because what is written is stored in Dropbox. The files are stored in a documented, open format called OPML, and there are several tools available work with this file format.