My emacs configuration, optimized for creative writing.
You need to install a font and MultiMarkdown before attempting to install/run/use this Emacs configuration.
Install Open Sans if it's not already installed on your system.
While the primary focus of this Emacs configuration is to work with Org files, I think that, for a writer, the ability to handle Markdown properly is a must. Markdown is like Org-mode: it is non-proprietary plain text.
Therefore, you need to install MultiMarkdown - most Linux distributions have MultiMarkdown in their package repositories; otherwise (like, if using Windows), use the Github release page to fetch it.
Important!
You need to set the HOME environment variable to point to your user directory (usually c:/Users/[username])
See my Creative Writing with Emacs blog post.
This Emacs configuration is highly "inspired" by Angrybacon's dotemacs