I'm still doing MindMaps and still using SimpleMind. Having compiled, builty on and grouped ideas, authors, bullet points and quotes the entire thing can be exported as a Text File. A bit of shuffling about, a few added notes and links and you have a coherent and detailed article, piece or chapter.
In my case this is part I of a three part dissertation on the opening weeks of the First World War in Great Britain.

Tags: history, ww1, enthusiasm, enlist