Organize chapters, scenes, characters, and locations within a structured workspace for novel planning, timeline creation, notes, analytics, export, and syncing.
Plain text notepad with markdown support and todo list manager for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, that works together with the notes application of ownCloud.
Simple but configurable and themeable, distraction-free text editor for writers. Open-source and available across desktop platforms.
Immersive "Distraction-free" writer... maybe powerful and feature rich too... cross-platform
Free, open-source note-taking with rich text, cross-platform support, syntax highlighting, embedded files, and customizable interface.
yWriter is a writing tool that uses "scenes" as a unit of text and allows you to associate that text with all manner of story elements (characters, locations, items) as well as place it and rearrange it within the context of chapters.
Maybe some useful tools, features, etc... cross-platform it seems...
Trelby is simple, fast and elegantly laid out to make screenwriting simple. It is infinitely configurable.
See the image "Sorted by first appearance... this could be helpful as a visual guide for how much something has occurred..."
With Plume Creator, organize your writing projects ! Scenes, notes, characters,... Rich Text editing, full screen editing and multiple projects …
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Contour is a story development system that streamlines the process of turning your movie ideas from first glimmer to full outline, is now available for OS X, iOS and Windows.
This (or maybe "persona") had some really interesting features that seem to be very helpful in "signal flow" or a basic understanding for beginners regarding story, plot, character, development, etc. ...
Storymill is a creative writing tool geared towards book writers; although, it could easily be used for other big creative writing projects, like scripts.
Seems like it has some useful features! Download (haven't tested it) available here: https://marinersoftware.com/discontinuedproducts/
Comprehensive writing tool for notes, citations, and drafting with privacy-first features and multi-language support, perfect for diverse writing tasks.
Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.
Windows only?
Open-source writing tool with hierarchical outliner, distraction-free editor, character management, plot development, Snowflake method, and writing goal support.
https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript , https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/wiki/How-to-keep-track-of-important-items , ... will note more elsewhere +(Bookmarks? Joplin? ...)
Mellel is a sophisticated, time-tested and reliable word processor, especially designed to handle long and complicated documents, books, manuscripts, dissertations, and more.
Persona is an innovative character development tool for fiction writers. Persona aids you in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored psychological principles to describe the motivations and interactions between different characterizations of people.
This (or maybe "persona") had some really interesting features that seem to be very helpful in "signal flow" or a basic understanding for beginners regarding story, plot, character, development, etc. ...
Montage is a screenwriting software that allows everyday people to take those movie ideas they have and make them a reality.
Feature rich, screenwriting, discontinued, maybe available as download https://marinersoftware.com/discontinuedproducts/
LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG). LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a GUI.
Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays.
Author is for you who like to work in a visually minimalist work environment which gives you fine and fast control from advanced keyboard shortcuts and the freedom of thought to see you work in rich and flexible views.
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