Writer's Blocks Alternatives

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 nine alternatives to Writer's Blocks for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, SaaS, Online / Web-based and iPhone. The best alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Plot Factory or Throughline. Other great apps like Writer's Blocks are DocxManager, Scapple, NovaScriber and Writer's Cafè.

Writer's Blocks alternatives are mainly Novel Authoring Tools but may also be Note-taking Tools or Mind Mapping Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Writer's Blocks.

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Writer's Blocks

Paid • Proprietary
Novel Authoring Tool
Windows

Similar to a board of index cards or post-it notes, it allows you to write in and move around small individual, expandable...

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Scrivener
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Word Processor
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iPhone
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Wine
96 alternatives to Scrivener
Typewriter. Ring-binder. Scrapbook. Scrivener combines everything you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop.
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1. Support for scriptingScrivener supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
2. Support for LaTeXScrivener supports LaTeX for text and math equation formatting.
Corkboard
Integrated Search
Document compiler
Multi-document View
Split files into sections
Visual Organization
Scene Management
Character database
Folders
Export to PDF
DocxManager
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
120 alternatives to DocxManager
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.

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Scapple
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Paid • Proprietary
Mind Mapping Tool
Note-taking Tool
Mac
Windows
27 alternatives to Scapple
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...
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Concept Mapping
Fullscreen support
NovaScriber
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Novel Authoring Tool
Note-taking Tool
Mind Mapping Tool
Windows
69 alternatives to NovaScriber
A most awesome tool to outline and write novels, stories, scripts and keep track of all your characters, locations, notes and ideas
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Tree structure
Export to Word
Export to EPUB
Corkboard
Writer's Cafè
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Paid • Proprietary
Novel Authoring Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
41 alternatives to Writer's Cafè
A powerful but fun writers environment that includes the StoryLines structuring tool, a notebook, journal, writing quotations, scrapbook organiser, a 60-page e-book and more.
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Storyline
Plot Factory
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Freemium • Proprietary
Novel Authoring Tool
Online
Software as a Service (SaaS)
72 alternatives to Plot Factory
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.
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Distraction-free Writing
Throughline
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
12 alternatives to Throughline
To organise information using index cards, especially for writers.
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Throughline Features
Brainstorming
SceneOne.app
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Paid • Proprietary
Online
Software as a Service (SaaS)
39 alternatives to SceneOne.app
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).
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Novel planning
Text block writer
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
8 alternatives to Text block writer
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

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Discontinued
No new version since 2007.
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