Plottr
4.9 out of 5 stars
(103 Ratings)
Plottr lets you easily arrange (and rearrange) your scenes, plots, and character arcs so you can quickly find your way to the end of your tale — no corkboard required. Plottr automatically generates a clean outline of your story for you to review, edit, and export as the basis of your manuscript. You don’t have to start from scratch. Plottr comes with over a dozen templates (and counting) based on proven storytelling structures to help move your story from idea to execution. The fun is just beginning. Once you've finished outlining your story, Plottr makes it easy to start writing — just export your files and let your creative muscles get to work!
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bibisco
bibisco is novel writing software to plan, structure and write a novel in one project. Chapters and scenes, reordered by dragging and kept with their revisions, sit next to the premise, fabula, setting and storylines. Characters are developed through an interview on psychology, behaviour and history; every location has its own page with descriptions and images. An existing draft can be imported from DOCX or ODT. bibisco does not generate text; the writing stays with the writer.
The desktop app runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, in 16 languages. The Community Edition is free and unlocks every Supporters Edition feature for the first 30 days. The Supporters Edition, a one-time purchase, adds objects, groups, notes, the outline, the timeline, mind maps, novel analysis, writing goals, revision comparison and exports for a manuscript, a KDP-ready print book PDF and an EPUB. Mobile apps for Android, iPhone and iPad, and sync, come with the separate bibisco Everywhere subscription.
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Werdsmith
Werdsmith is a creative writing app for novelists, screenwriters, poets and short story writers. Write on iPhone and iPad, with companion apps for Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro and compatible Macs. Capture ideas, organize projects and use writing modes that format novels, poems and screenplays as you type. Novel Mode adds chapter headings and keeps chapter numbers in order. Build a daily writing habit with reminders, word targets, project goals and writing statistics. Optional AI writing prompts help you continue a story in your own style. Import text, Markdown, RTF, Word documents, supported Google Docs and PDFs. Export text, RTF or PDF. Optional account sync, automatic backups and version history help protect your writing. Share projects by link or publish selected work to a personal writer portfolio. Werdsmith is free to download, with an optional paid membership.
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Dabble
Dabble is an easy-to-use online writing tool, packed with helpful features that allows beginning novelists and published authors to create amazing stories. Dabble organizes your manuscript, story notes, and plot. Dabble simplifies story, leaving more room in your brain to create, which is what being a writer is really about. If you’re sick of using sticky notes, plotting on a piece of paper, and using elementary word processors, then you’re going to love Dabble. Dabble was created for two reasons - Simplicity and organization. Other tools are either way too complicated and require a course to teach you how to use them...or too elementary lacking basic tools and organization. That's where Dabble shines! Shape your story with Dabble’s unique plotting tool. Plot like J.K. Rowling. Dabble provides a plot grid, plot lines (subplots), and plot points (the events in your subplots) to supercharge your plotting.
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