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The Origin of Scapple

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.

I'll spare you my whole speech about the inklings of another the single most useful writing program I've ever come across; I'm fascinated by and ; I have come to trust and rely on both and ; and so on. Last year Scrivener's creator, Keith Blount, served in this space, as did the creator and a co-creator of .

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