I am always curious about how authors keep notes on their projects.  What software do you use?  Who uses good old pen and paper?  Shorthand notes?  Index Cards?  Cork boards?  Do you cut out magazine pictures and assign them to fictional characters?  Who keeps files on characters?  Who researches motives?  How do characters commit to relationships?   How do writers plan out a master crime without homeland security putting them on "the list"?  How long do writers let ideas compost?