Writer's Blocks AlternativesNovel Authoring Tools and other similar apps like Writer's Blocks

Writer's Blocks is described as 'Similar to a board of index cards or post-it notes, it allows you to write in and move around small individual, expandable notes set out in columns. Then you can export that into a manuscript' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are eight alternatives to Writer's Blocks for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, SaaS and iPhone apps. The best Writer's Blocks alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try NovaScriber or Plot Factory. Other great apps like Writer's Blocks are Scapple, DocxManager, SceneOne.app and Throughline.

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  1. Scrivener icon

    Scrivener

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    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    121 Scrivener alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
    • Wine
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    • Scrivener is the most popular Windows, Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Writer's Blocks.

    • Scrivener is the most popular commercial alternative to Writer's Blocks.

    • Scrivener is Paid and ProprietaryWriter's Blocks is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Scapple

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    Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them. It isn’t exactly mind-mapping software—it’s more like a freeform text editor that allows you to make notes anywhere on the page and to connect them using straight...

    28 Scapple alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. NovaScriber icon

    NovaScriber

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    A most awesome tool to outline and write novels, stories, scripts and keep track of all your characters, locations, notes and ideas.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • NovaScriber is the most popular free alternative to Writer's Blocks.

    • NovaScriber is Free Personal and ProprietaryWriter's Blocks is Paid and Proprietary
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    DocxManager

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    A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Plot Factory

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    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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Plot Factory is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Writer's Blocks.

    • Plot Factory is Freemium and ProprietaryWriter's Blocks is Paid and Proprietary
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    SceneOne.app

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    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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Clean writing interface (including a focus mode) with various automatic tools working in the background.
     
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    Throughline

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    To organise information using index cards, especially for writers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Text block writer

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    Text Block Writer is a virtual index card program for writers. It can be used to organize research papers, articles, fiction, non-fiction, books and whatever

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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