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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
★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★ Value
Mellel is a word processor designed from the ground up to be the ultimate writing tool for academics, technical writers, scholars and students. Mellel is strong, stable and reliable, and is the ideal companion for working on documents that are long and complex, short and simple, or anything in between.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, and Essay
Website: https://mellel.com/
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Outline
Bibliography
Footnotes and endnotes
Multilingual support
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 3.2 ★ on the App Store
Ever scribbled ideas on a piece of paper and drawn lines between related thoughts? Then you already know what Scapple does. It's a virtual sheet of paper that lets you make notes anywhere and connect them using lines or arrows.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC
Best for: Note-taking, Outlining, Journal, Book, Story, Essay, Poetry, and Blog
Website: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview
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Write notes anywhere
Connect notes using drag and drop
Completely freeform
★★★★ Performance
★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 5.0 ★ on TechRadar
Manuskript is a perfect tool for those writer who like to organize and plan everything before writing. The snowflake method can help you grow your idea into a book, by leading you step by step and asking you questions to go deeper.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, PC
Best for: Outlining, Story, Book, and Free
Website: https://www.theologeek.ch/manuskript/
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Index cards
Outliner
Frequency analyzer
★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Writer Assistant (Wassi) is an application created specifically for inventors! We all constantly invent new characters for our stories, be it a comic, a novel, a script, a play, or a game. And so that our characters are alive and riveted the attention, they need to be developed a lot! That is what the Writer Assistant was created for! Plus, with Wassi you can easily outline your stories on the go.
Platforms: Mac, iPhone, iPad
Best for: Outlining, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://apps.apple.com/app/writer-assistant-wassi/id14686...
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Outline
Interlinking
Character building template
Worldbuilding template
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 3.9 ★ on the App Store
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
★★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.5 ★ on TechRadar
With our writing tools you can track your progress thus far, plan your novel, write your novel and be able to focus on what matters for you the most: FINISHING THE DAMN BOOK!
Platforms: Android
Best for: Outlining, Worldbuilding, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ajp_gam...
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Writing log
Progress stats & timeline
Character profile
Writing goals
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Google Play
The Novel Factory helps guide new writers through the novel writing process - while completing your first manuscript.
Platforms: Mac, Windows, Online, PC
Best for: Book, Drafting, Outlining, and Story
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Plot templates
Plot manager
Character development prompts
Track your statistics
★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
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
★★★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on Reedsy
Storyline Creator is an elegant writing tool that helps you streamline your writing process. It's incredibly fun to draft ideas, to visualize, enhance and organize your stories - so you can focus on your plot and the creativity instead of the paper war.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://www.storylinecreator.com/
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Timeline
Notebook
Character profiles
Random prompt generator
★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Whether you’re brainstorming ideas, presenting in meetings, or managing tasks, Ayoa provides you with flexibility and intuitive working methods every step of the way.
Platforms: Online, Mac, Windows, Android, PC
Best for: Outlining, Blog, and Essay
Website: https://www.ayoa.com/
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Collaborative online whiteboard
Mind mapping
Focus on progress
Idea bank
★★★★ Performance
★★★★ Features
★★★★ Accessibility
★★★ Value
Also rated 4.1 ★ on Google Play
The only online writing and editing platform that guides your hand based on data from real, bestselling books, AutoCrit is built to match the genuine demands of publishing professionals and discerning readers.
Platforms: Online
Best for: Outlining, Drafting, Proofreading, Book, Story, and Free
Website: https://www.autocrit.com/
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Pre-made templates
Digital notecards
Interactive reports
★★★★ Performance
★★★ Features
★★ Accessibility
★★ Value
Also rated 4.0 ★ on TechRadar
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