Don't do a NaNo without themAt the office, Norma Jean is my main typing machine. Everyone should have a standard machine in their lives, there's nothing like 'em. The "brain dump box" for story ideas. Have a couple of bundles of cards going for future stories. This year's novel so far. Random plot points and character design, all jumbled up. Going to work on laying these out in October. Won't be touched until after November 30, but there's nothing like revising directly on paper with a nice fountain pen. Hiding under desk: steel box full of recycled office paper for typing. 
The arsenal for this year's NaNoWriMo.
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littleflowerpetals says:Our setup is very similar! I too have a
brain-dump box, with story sketches, and I
use index cards for things like keeping track
of minor character names, familial
relationships, etc. I also carry a notebook
for scraps of inspiration or to brainstorm
ways to take care of plot holes and knots. 
mpclemens says:It's a suuuuuper cheap "Aldo
Domani" pen I snagged from Office Depot
for $5 when the local one closed. Actually,
I bought two, one brown and one red. Your
basic steel-nib, plastic-sectioned junk pen,
but it lays down a smooth line, especially
with Waterman ink, which is becoming my new
favorite. 
MySpotlessMind says:Oh this is nice. The dump box with the index
cards are a good idea. I should have probably
done that, but instead mine are all in my
trusty dusty notebook.
greentea flute says:thanks for this reference, I used to have a
cardboard pyramid that I kept notes under, to
improve 'em with pyramid power, erk, so, I
have a fourteen hundred page novel here on
the hard drive that needs about four hunert
more pages 'til it's done, thanks god the six
hundred pages of footnotes are finished ....
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DuffyMoon says:
I've got a brain-dump box, too. Most of what's in it is cryptic little fragments of sentences, just the shadow of an idea, that were meaningful to me when I put them in there, but sometime over the months (and years) have turned into complete gibberish.
I second the idea of having a standard machine. I use my full-size Remington Standard all the time because it works so daggone well.
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