Fig01. While looking at stock and Creative Commons photos for this project, we were struck by the many varying displays of mediating technologies. Here, for example, we see Post-it notes hanging from a computer monitor, more Post-its on the desk, a notebook, a keyboard, two pens, and headphones—not to mention whatever might be running on the computer.

Fig02. Workflow maps, which we introduce in chapter 6, use layered diagrams to consider how writing practices and preferences accrete over time.

Fig03. Using Bear, Libby could write her lesson plans and quickly export them to HTML, which let her keep an archive of class materials and also avoid Blackboard’s sometimes painful text formatting window.

Fig04. As part of her suggested workflow, Jensen recommends that writers make a second “writing” account on their computer to open and close their projects each day. This screenshot shows the Mac OS operating system “Users” panel with a similar configuration.

Fig05. The writers introduced in this book prefer writing technologies like Ulysses, pictured here, that support modular and multiple means of moving through writing tasks. This screenshot shows the Ulysses export menu, where a user can export text to several formats, including HTML, ePub, PDF, .docx, and others.

Fig06. David Sparks often partners with software developers and produces videos that teach viewers how to use a writing tool. In this video, an introduction to MindNode, he describes the process of mindmapping.

Fig07. This screenshot, from America’s Test Kitchen “Bundt Pans” review, reminds us of the importance of tool evaluation and selection.

Fig08. The first page of the first issue of the Research in Word Processing Newsletter, published in May 1983.

Fig09. The Internet Archive’s Software Collection contains several 1980s-era word processors. FreEd Writer is one example of the many writing programs developed in the early 1980s.

Fig10. A screenshot of the minimal interface of WordPerfect, version 5.1, released in 1989.

Fig11. A screenshot of the similarly minimal writing interface of Byword 2, released in 2013.

Fig12. The Mac Power Users podcast began in 2009 and consists of discussion between the two hosts (David Sparks and Katie Floyd) on Apple-related technology topics, as well as “workflow” interviews with guests.

Fig13. David Sparks shared this screenshot of MindNode in a 2013 blog post reviewing a new version of MindNode.

Fig14. The interface of the writing application Scrivener, showing the section outline on the left and multiple writing panes on the right.