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Wavemaker Novel Writing

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Looking for a suite of tools for writing your book? This is not just a text editor it does so much more. Organise your story using timelines, planning boards and the snowflake tool, all integrated to make writing intuitive and fun.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Online
3.2 / 5 Avg rating (5)
17likes
5comments
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Distraction-free
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  User story mapping
  2.  Planning
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  Timeline
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Spell Checking
  8.  Hierarchical Structure
  9.  Writing assistance
  10.  Multiplatform
  11.  Database Management Tool
  12. Microsoft Word icon  Export to Word
  13.  Mobile friendly

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    POX added Wavemaker Novel Writing as alternative to Scriptorium
    22 days ago
  • thesuncitywitch liked Wavemaker Novel Writing
    about 2 months ago
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    abuldoukh added Wavemaker Novel Writing as alternative to Doccera
    3 months ago
  • AgentSilentCat reviewed Wavemaker Novel Writing  
    7 months ago

    I wanted to like this, I really did. But the developer seemingly slapped the web version together, which is already a badly designed UI, and expected it to port to Android perfectly, hint, it did not. SECONDLY, he's INCREDIBLY hostile and immature to any critsisms, I highly doubt he'd actually help anyone, as he seems to think you're just stupid if you can't work with his bad app.

  • Guest reviewed Wavemaker Novel Writing  
    7 months ago

    Looks like it could be amazing, but unfortunately is ChromeOS only. Doesn't work with other browsers nor mobile. Also, can hardly qualify as "offline" if it needs a website to work.

  • cmcrossno liked Wavemaker Novel Writing
    8 months ago
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Wavemaker Novel Writing information

  • Developed by

    GB flagIain Wood
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.2
  • Alternatives

    69 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  50 Stars
  •  17 Forks
  •  11 Open Issues
  •   Updated Nov 12, 2024 
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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about Wavemaker Novel Writing, and it has gotten 17 likes

Wavemaker Novel Writing was added to AlternativeTo by mayasky76 on Dec 10, 2018 and this page was last updated Dec 12, 2023.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
JuanjoMarti
Jul 7, 2019
6

I used Scrivener until my Macbook died. I've tried everything, and I mean everything, and if you are looking for an app that allows to write and organize big writing projects, Wavemaker is the best and it's free.

Unlike Scrivener (that I still love and recommend) you can use it virtually in every machine, even your phone.

I love that you can use it offline in your Chromebook, for example. Chromebooks lack really good writing apps and this is the best option, by far. It supports some interesting methods of organizing your novel (like the Snowflake technique) and brainstorming ideas, like mind maps.

Things that I miss? Typewriter sounds when pressing a key :P (sounds silly, but it makes the writing experience so much better) and some kind of automatic backup to Google Drive when you are writing, instead of doing it manually.

I know this last thing it can be dangerous, but...

Anyway, kudos to the creator and thank you for his generosity.

Top Negative Comment
Guest
Nov 29, 2024
0

Looks like it could be amazing, but unfortunately is ChromeOS only. Doesn't work with other browsers nor mobile. Also, can hardly qualify as "offline" if it needs a website to work.

Dakota
Aug 8, 2022
0

I wanted to like this, I really did. But the developer seemingly slapped the web version together, which is already a badly designed UI, and expected it to port to Android perfectly, hint, it did not. SECONDLY, he's INCREDIBLY hostile and immature to any critsisms, I highly doubt he'd actually help anyone, as he seems to think you're just stupid if you can't work with his bad app.

Kyrylo Karalyus
Dec 11, 2020
0

I want to love it but there are too many small glitches on a mobile version:

  • menu on the left only closes on the press of the sandwich button.
  • the bubble describing where you are (for ex. timeline tool) can pop up and get stuck sometimes.
  • the cards in mindmap refuse to be dragged around making mindmap unusable.
  • tools like timeline and snowflake are useless because they can only be exported to writing mode but not synchronized with it. Worst of all, google sync only. C'mon, add some encrypted cloud storage like sync.com. If all of that would be polished it seems like it can replace scrivener and everything else as there seem to be no cross-platform alternatives.
Hiki Hollow
Sep 26, 2019
1

Works on any browser, which implies multi-platform.

What is Wavemaker Novel Writing?

Novel Writing Software Plan & Write your story. The latest version of our software combines all the tools from the "Cards" web app into a solid cohesive tool for planning and writing your novel.

Awesome Snowflake Tool : Grow your story naturally using this great way of writing Cards Planning Board : Quickly document Everything with notecards in all the places to remind you what you want to write Timeline your novel : Easily create a timeline for your novel that you can pop back to whenever you want. Rearrange Simply : Need to move a section around? No problem just drag and drop it where you want it to go!

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