Novelist

Novelist is a free application designed to assist novel writing. It provides tools for writers to plot, outline, organize, and schedule their stories without any specific writing framework. Plotting involves listing story elements in an editable format. Each item can be edited, moved, merged, split, reordered, and deleted. Users can assign a status, add notes and texts, or include tags, metadata, and pictures to each item. The app also allows customization of categories, metadata, and statuses. The outlining feature allows scene composition by putting together all the items. Scenes can be annotated or written directly within the app. The organization feature structures scenes into acts, parts, chapters, etc. The scheduling feature helps set writing goals in terms of word count or due date.