# Using Scrivener, a good pencil, Zotero, and Obsidian together as a system

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/using-scrivener-a-good-pencil-zotero-and-obsidian-together-as-a-system/136778>\
**Category:** Other Software & Development\
**Tags:** integration\
**Created:** [October 16, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/using-scrivener-a-good-pencil-zotero-and-obsidian-together-as-a-system/136778 "2023-10-16T00:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![bowendwelle](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/bowendwelle/32/18350_2.png) [@bowendwelle](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/bowendwelle)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/using-scrivener-a-good-pencil-zotero-and-obsidian-together-as-a-system/136778/1 "2023-10-16T00:39:45Z")

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I love good tools, and as a writer, most of the tools I use are for writing. I appreciate the intricacies of good software, and I like getting into the guts of things to make them work they want I want them too. This is one of the reasons that I love writing with Scrivener, and other tools like Zotero and Obsidian. Here’s how I’m currently [using them together as a system](https://bowendwelle.substack.com/p/staying-sane-with-research-notes) for reading, writing, research notes, citations, foot/endnotes, and bibliography generation.

Here’s the full rundown →

[https://bowendwelle.substack.com/p/staying-sane-with-research-notes](https://bowendwelle.substack.com/p/staying-sane-with-research-notes)