Book Writing Apps

Olivia Thrasher
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  1. Storybook is a free, open source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing books, novels or other written works.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    chronological view of the story
    editing the scenes
    who is where and when
  2. Storyboard That is the world's best online storyboard creator. Everyday people from all over the world use Storyboard That to quickly create amazing storyboards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the editing ability of a commercial text editor as well as a document tracking system.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and show animatics to others. Express your story idea without making a movie.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Storyline Creator is an elegant tool to write stories ranging from short stories to novels. It makes it a breeze to draft ideas and to organize your scenes, characters and researched material - so you can focus on the creativity instead of the paper war.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  6. StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Create Professional storyboards. Quickly create animatics with sound in Timeline. And design / customize professional print page layouts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. Storyspace is a software program for creating, editing, and reading hypertext fiction. It can also be used for writing and organizing fiction and non-fiction intended for print.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. KIT Scenarist is a free and open source application for creating screenplays on desktops and commercial on mobiles.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Add research document
    Corkboard
    Screenplay editor
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    Summary report
  10. Novelize icon
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    With anywhere online access you can work on your novel wherever the mood strikes you. Now you can continue where you left off at the library, your friend's house, and during your lunch break at work.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Outline mode
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    Write mode
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. A collection of unique components wrapped in a plugin that can be used to present rich, interactive stories or articles in any WordPress theme.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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    Chunks is an app for writers and non-writers. Just write like you'd be writing on messenger!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Open-source writing tool with hierarchical outliner, distraction-free editor, character management, plot development, Snowflake method, and writing goal support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  15. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  16. Character Notes is an excellent tool for developing characters for novels and stories. There are five different areas of traits to build on: physical, personality, history, relationships, and character development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    App start up page
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  17. World Scribe eases the creation process by letting you keep track of every important element in your fictional setting, including the ways in which they're connected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    The interface when a new story is made.
    Twine's Story tab when the user has no stories.
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    Based on the Firefox engine, supports standards, visual storyboarding, production scheduling, publication & international languages MUI support. Free tutorials, videos & wiki are available from the site. There is a very helpful community too.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    There is power in animation. It captures attention. It stimulates the senses. It’s timeless.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Desktop software for novel creation providing chapter and scene organization, export to PDF, DOCX, distraction-free writing, timeline, goals, and character tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Node.JS
    Novel architecture
    Chapter detail
    Tags
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    Analysis
  22. A new screenwriting experience brought to you by Amazon Studios. Write your screenplay and focus on the story with features like auto-formatting, offline writing, and import/export in your favorite file formats. Keep your scripts safe with unlimited, secure storage in the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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  23. An ultimate outlining software for story writers. It is aimed especially for screenwriters, but can be used as well as for outlining novels, tales and any kind of stories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  24. The first professional tool for story and game design

    Create, organize and communicate your game vision. Compose every aspect of your game design in just one highly visual and versatile solution.

    Develop interactive stories, deep and meaningful characters and item bibles coveri.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    A powerful writing environment for novelists and screenwriters

    Do you have a story to tell? Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and accessible—so you can focus on telling your.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Full-Featured Word Processor (Mac)
    Screenwriting Support (Mac)
    Flexible Outliner (Mac)
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    Story Development Tools (Mac)
  26. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Story Map
    Beat Board
    Collaboration
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    Alternate Dialogue
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    FLIX is a visual story development tool for feature film, TV production, games, and more. Designed to promote fast-paced creative collaboration, FLIX removes the technical barriers that can cause frustration and slow you down.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Plotbot is free screenwriting software. You can write your screenplay with as many or a few people as you want--right from your browser. We handle the formatting so you can concentrate on writing!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Nulis makes the process of outlining your stories, articles, or books easy, fun, and convenient.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  30. Slugline icon
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    A minimal, distraction-free environment for screenwriting.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  31. yWriter icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  32. oStorybook is a free, open source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing texts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  33. Free writing software for novels and ebooks. Scrollistic is a native windows 10 app for writing chapter based documents such as novels. Scrollistic uses html and css to style documents. E-publishing is mode easy with automatic generation of EPUB 3 eBooks and integrates with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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  34. SmartEdit Writer (formerly Atomic Scribbler) is a project management and writing environment for novelists and short story writers working on Windows PCs. Writers use the software to plan their novels, prepare and maintain research material, and then write that novel chapter by...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  35. ApolloPad icon
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    Great online app for writers, novelists, and bloggers. Manage project timelines, outlines, characters, locations and objects, upload photos and reorganize it all as much as you need to. Contextual inline notes (including to-do items, photos, and videos) to help you keep your...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  36. Pagefour icon
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    Windows software for novelists and creative writers. A tabbed word processor, outliner, and organizer all in one.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  37. Nimble Writer is a general-purpose tool for writing stories, be it short fiction stories or even complete novels or books. It focuses on being distraction-free, simple, and fully customizable.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
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  38. 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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    A powerful online and offline writing tool accessible from any device with chapter organization, advanced grammar check, and version history features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Sutori is the easiest way to create an interactive story collaboratively. Audio, images, quiz questions and video can be added to your story.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  41. Notebook is a set of tools for writers, game designers, and roleplayers to create magnificent universes — and everything within them.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  42. Charahub icon
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    Keep track of characters for stories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  43. With Plume Creator, organize your writing projects ! Scenes, notes, characters,... Rich Text editing, full screen editing and multiple projects …

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  44. SuperNotecard is an intuitive tool that uses notecards to capture and organize your ideas. These virtual notecards can be moved into decks, arranged on the screen, or grouped and categorized with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  45. Scabard icon
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    Scabard is a rules neutral RPG campaign manager and planner. We have campaigns for D&D (various versions), Pathfinder, Traveller, Savage Worlds, Warhammer, and a host of others.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  46. Realm Works is a database software and worldbuilding tool for roleplaying games.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
  47. YARPS icon
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    YARPS is a smart web application for creating and managing vivid worlds, planning and documenting your stories, enhancing your role-playing with portraits, interactive maps and music and for trading RPG content.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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There is a new free screenwriting software that just debued at Austin Film Festival that operates in a democratized community where writers works and agreements with creative executives are recorded as “smart contracts’ over the blockchain, preserved forever on a ledger. https://digipitch.com

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