writing and planning software to try

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  1. A tailor-made writing application for fiction writers that lets you plan, organize, and write stories and series. You can create story outlines from pre-defined templates, create and manage rich and interesting characters, build immersive fictional worlds and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Asengana icon
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    The cornerstone of any writing project. Set the foundation for your writing success with a powerful project management software for authors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. A web-based writing app. It is designed by novelists to have the tools and workflows they need yet be simple to use, and runs on every device (Windows, Mac, phones, etc).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Clean writing interface (including a focus mode) with various automatic tools working in the background.
    Project overview that gives you a snapshot of recent stats, jumps you back to what you were just working on, or organise your projects.
    Manage character profiles in the Elements section.
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    Real-time statistics gathered on every project/novel/script/scene.
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    Shaxpir is a word-processor in the cloud, designed for authors of long-form narratives, like novels and memoirs. Designed by writers, Shaxpir offers tools for every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining to prosecraft and publishing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Seequill icon
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    Online story-writing platform. Free for offline use. Only $30/year for full features. Organize your stories, track characters and locations. Groundbreaking plot interface.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Inspire is a clone of Ulysses icon Ulysses for Windows, with many of the core features but not all.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. novelWriter is a Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents. It uses its own flavor of Markdown that supports a meta data syntax for comments, synopsis and cross-referencing between files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Qt
    Screenshot of older version
    Default system theme
    Dark theme
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