I've always liked to try new things, and I'm still at it. I've started using Scrivener. What a really handy piece of software. I've used Word for years and years. Like most people I guess. But it does have it's limitations.
Word of course is the preferred method of submission to places like Create Space, which I used. So in the end I gave up on anything else and just used Word, with all my work done in the pre-formatted templates that Create Space provide. Very handy. But not conducive to free flow thinking.
I discovered Scrivener. I have been aware of it of course, but relegated it to "just another author tool" status. If I ever thought about it at all. Well, with some time on my hands - procrastinating again actually - I decided to give it a go, and transfer my nearly finished novella "Marriage In A Cold Climate" into Scrivener.
Well, it's taken me about a week on and off to get the hang of it, and now as far as writing goes, I wouldn't use anything else. The finished work can easily be exported to Word should I need it for publication, and Scrivener it's self exports your book directly into almost any ebook format or print format that you could want. Best of all, you can use their pre made templates, or just use the "No Template - type and run" method. Worry about all that other stuff later.
I can use Scrivener on my iPad, even my iPhone. On my desktop, what ever. Very nice sitting in Costa Coffee and getting a quick 500 words down on my story, and it syncs with my mater documents on Dropbox. Just pick up right where I left off when I'm home on the desktop Mac. I can even email notes to myself that get put directly into a Notes folder on Scrivener.

All in all, I'm finding Scrivener to be about the most practical piece of software I've ever come across for writing. I wish I'd had it years ago.
Now, back to writing.