Very interesting and useful. I'll have to look into some of the software mentioned here. I use MSWord and create Folders. That can get confusing sometimes! Always good to throw out the trash when the project is over.

I haven't watched the podcast, but a few thoughts: Forgive me. ;-)

I first learned about procrastination, I seem to recall, from an 8th grade English class and the play, Oedipus. Since then, I've always thought that procrastination would set me back, so I rose with the chickens and got busy, never putting anything off and focusing on one goal and time. It has served me well.

However, in retirement, where I don't have the pressure of work demands for money, I have set a number of goals for myself and have gotten busy on them only part way. In essence, procrastinating about getting them finished. But I'm working on them, one at a time and making some progress.

Throughout my writing, except for my dissertation, I have avoided using 3 x 5 note cards, outlines and other devices to organize my work. My novels have flown from my mind like water downstream. Never having to go back and rewrite or reorganize.

But the novel I am currently working on, with so many characters and potential subplots as well as in the location I'm unfamiliar with and have to Google a lot to find out about, is requiring me to organize much more.

That may be a good thing. While it delays the novel, the novel may be better for it.

Ron