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Campfire is a versatile writing tool organized into modules, each one offering a different type of story element you can create. Keep track of each character's motives, history, eye color, and more. The Characters Module gives you an easy way to make quick notes or detailed character sheets about anyone in your story. Upload your map to the Maps Module, add pins to integrate it with the rest of your story, and nest other maps to keep things organized.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Online, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://www.campfirewriting.com/
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Character Modules & Maps Modules
Flexible panel system
Create customizable DIY themes
★★★ Performance
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★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
Enjoy a distraction-free writing experience, including a full screen mode and a clean interface. With Markdown, you can write now, and format later.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Poetry, Journal, Blog, Essay, and Free
Website: https://ghostwriter.kde.org/
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Light and dark themes
Focus mode
Document and session statistics
Autosave
★★★★ Performance
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The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. Your second brain should work the same. In Obsidian, making and following connections is frictionless. Tend to your notes like a gardener; at the end of the day, sit back and marvel at your own knowledge graph.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://obsidian.md/
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Link pages
Graph view
Customizable with backlinked notes
★★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
The most enjoyable desktop app for writing a thesis or paper.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Drafting and Essay
Website: https://www.monsterwriter.app/
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Distraction free
Insert citations and cross-references
Automatic typesetting
★★★ Performance
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★★★ Value
Also rated 3.8 ★ on the App Store
SSuite WordGraph is a free and very useful alternative to Microsoft's Word, OpenOffice's Writer, or anything else out there claiming to be the latest and greatest. You don't even have a need for .NET or even JAVA to be installed. This will save you a lot of hard drive space and precious computer resources.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Chrome, Android, PC
Best for: Drafting, Story, Book, Essay, and Free
Website: https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/software/wordgraph.htm
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Text editor
Free Microsfot Word alternative
Export files as .doc and more
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Notes is the best place to jot down quick thoughts or to save longer notes filled with checklists, images, web links, scanned documents, handwritten notes, or sketches. And with iCloud, it's easy to keep all your devices in sync, so you’ll always have your notes with you.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, Blog, and Free
Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notes/id1110145109
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Create checklists
Add tables
Search in texts and scanned documents
★★★ Performance
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Also rated 3.3 ★ on the App Store
iWriter Pro is elegant and minimalist text editor with built-in MultiMarkdown support. Distraction-free and subscription-free.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Drafting, Book, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://serpensoft.info/
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Distraction-free writing
Markdown highlighting
iCloud support
★★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.8 ★ on the App Store
FreeOffice 2021 is a complete Office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program – all seamlessly compatible with their counterparts in Microsoft Office.
Platforms: Mac, PC, Windows
Best for: Drafting, Book, Essay, Journal, Poetry, Story, Blog, and Free
Website: https://www.freeoffice.com/en/
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Full feature word processor
Create and open PDFs
Track changes
★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
Create professional print books and eBooks easily with the all-in-one book writing software.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Chrome, PC
Best for: Drafting, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.atticus.io/
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Book level goal tracking & word count
Drag and drop chapters
Customizable formatting templates
★★★★ Performance
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Diarly is built for the best journaling experience. With every feature you will need and a beautiful interface, starting a journal has never been so simple.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Note-taking and Journal
Website: https://diarly.app/
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Built-in gallery and maps
Timeline
Notes
Custom fonts and templates
★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.8 ★ on the App Store
Typing Chimp Character is designed to help fiction writers create better characters, stories, and worlds fast.
Platforms: Windows, Mac, PC
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, and Story
Website: http://www.typingchimp.com/
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Enneagram tools
Story generator
World generator
★★★ Performance
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Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, PC
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Editing, Publishing, Book, and Story
Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
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Flexible corkboard
Structure outliner
Metadata and target setting
Print and export functionalities
★★★★ Performance
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Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
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