Protowords Alternatives

Protowords is described as 'Its primary goal is to make writing the first draft of your novel as easy as possible by improving the writing experience. It pulls you into your story with audio-visual themes, makes you feel comfortable in your writing space with its minimalist approach, and helps you hit' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Protowords for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Protowords alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Protowords are Typora, Manuskript, ghostwriter and Scrivener.

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  1. novelWriter icon
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    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.

    96 novelWriter alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Qt
    • Python
     
  2. Ulysses icon
     73 likes

    Ulysses is a text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to brainstorm, draft, revise and even submit text on a professional level.

    169 Ulysses alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  3. Roam Research icon
     61 likes

    As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your data locally.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  4. Free offline worldbuilding and story creation tool with dozens of templates, complex tagging options, document linking, and project-wide search. Template examples: characters, places, events, religions, currencies, magic, species, languages.

    55 Fantasia Archive alternatives

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  5. A smooth yet powerful writing experience for devoted authors. With only wanted features and native workflow it runs faster than all your previous apps combined.

    67 Story Architect (STARC) alternatives

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    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • Android
     
  6. Quoll Writer icon
     43 likes

    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.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Lore Forge icon
     27 likes

    The only app you'll need to write your novels and build your worlds. Organize your thoughts and cross-reference anything at any time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. WriteMonkey icon
     129 likes

    Writemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words.

    113 WriteMonkey alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9. Daino Notes icon
     10 likes

    Offers fast, distraction-free note-taking via a high-performance editor with real-time Markdown, local-first storage, image support, Kanban task boards, intuitive drag-and-drop, keyboard shortcuts, configurable themes, fast search, and cross-platform access.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. yWriter icon
     70 likes

    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.

    106 yWriter alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. Untold Novel icon
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    Untold Novel is a fresh new approach to planning your next bestseller. It helps you keep all your notes, ideas, characters, locations, and much more organized in one convenient place.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  12. Gingko Writer icon
     58 likes

    Gingko Writer is a text editor that uses a tree-like structure to help you organize and visualize your thoughts, making it easier to outline, draft, and refine complex texts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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