Similar techniques have worked in the past for me, but I always wind up with a bunch of paper or computer text that I have no idea where to put. How do you organize all the data without interfering in its creation? Ideally, I'd like a solution that also incorporates all the little inspiration bits I get at various times, and other thoughts I'd like to keep.
I suggest Evernote. Create a notebook called thoughts and a note for every topic you want to write. Afterwards it's more or less organized (in the cloud) + searchable.
Right, but it didn't give a lot of practical details. Probably the actual book has more; I guess I shouldn't complain because I'm too cheap to actually buy it.