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  • Scrivener

  • Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers. It won't try to tell you how to write - it just makes all the tools you have scattered around your desk available in one application.

    tags: audio-transcription distraction-free-writing drafting essay-writing export-to-word
  • bibisco

  • bibisco is a free and open source software for writing novels. With bibisco you can organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novel in pdf or rtf, and write with a fully featured text editor. You can create a novel structure, define premise, fabula, narrative strands and settings: geographic, temporal and social context. And, most of all, with bibisco you can know everything about your characters.

    tags: Portable character-management characters-interview java-based no-installation
  • Gingko

  • Write and organize your ideas in Gingko tree documents.

    tags: brainstorming collaborative-writing document-organizing latex-support note-taking
  • Hemingway Editor

  • Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.The Hemingway Editor for Mac and PC highlights common errors. Use it to catch wordy sentences, adverbs, passive voice, and dull, complicated words.

    tags: automated-proofreading distraction-free-writing grammar-checker markdown-editor no-distraction
  • yWriter

  • yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriter was designed by an author, not a salesman!

    tags: word-processing writing-editor write-novel writing-environment novels
  • Typely

  • Typely is precise. Existing tools for improving prose raise so many false alarms that their advice cannot be trusted. Instead, the writer must carefully consider whether to accept or reject each change.We aim for a tool so precise that it becomes possible to unquestioningly adopt its recommendations and still come out ahead — with stronger, tighter prose. Better to be quiet and authoritative than loud and unreliable.

    tags: automated-proofreading english proofreading writing-editor
  • True Novelist

  • True Novelist provides a way for authors to write their novel online, organize their story, view statistics about their project and writing habits, set goals, keep track of related research, and more.

    tags: novel novel-authoring outliner write-novel writing-editor
  • Novlr

  • Novlr is by writers, for writers. We are building Novlr to be as simple to use as possible. We want it to feel like there’s nothing there but your words. But don’t be fooled, there’s a lot of power in the background.

    tags: writing-editor word-processing write-novel story-writing creative-writing
  • Wordcradle

  • Wordcradle is a free online writing software with export functionality. It provides a place to privately store your stories, organize chapters, set writing deadlines, create characters, store research, and plan out your novels. It also provides you with incentives to finish your stories and meet your writing deadlines by giving you the option to rank your word count against your friends and other users.

    tags: brainstorming creative-writing fiction lightweight outliner
  • StoryShop

  • Whether you’re a planner or a pantser, you’ll find everything you need to plan, write, and finish your novel in one simple, intuitive tool.

    tags: character-management novel-authoring outliner write-novel
  • Yarny

  • A simple to use online writing environment for the high-production, creative writer. Write the way you want to write, using any approach you like in a simple, distraction-free environment. It's novel writing in the cloud.

    tags: creative-writing distraction-free-writing web-based word-processing write-novel