2. Pages
3. Google Docs
4. Scrivener
Scrivener is a project management tool and word processor rolled into one, which makes it especially suitable for long writing projects. Features include research file organisation, a corkboard, outlining and scriptwriting tools, snapshots of earlier versions, and compiling for export or printing.
OS: Windows XP, Vista 7, 8, and 10 (depending on the Scrivener version); Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Price: $40 (Windows); $45 (OS X)
5. NewNovelist
The NewNovelist program comes with a variety of tools to help you research, create, organise, analyse, review, and prepare your novel for publishing. Among its features are templates, a storyboard, a visualizer, chapter organisation and review, print/export capability and analytics.
OS: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, or Vista; not compatible with OS X or Linux
Price: $29.99
6. Bibisco
Bibisco is comprehensive novel-writing programme created with love by book lovers to inspire writers to create “beautiful” work. Aside from such standard technical tools as export, Bibisco provides you with organisational tools that give you an overview as well as creative resources for going deeper into character, setting, plot, and other important elements.
OS: Windows, Linux (32 and 64 bit)
Price: Free
7. yWriter
An organisational tool for fiction writers, yWriter tracks your chapters and scenes but provides less creative guidance than some more comprehensive programs. Some users have managed to adapt it for other purposes, such as non-fiction and plays.
OS: Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista/7
Price: Free
8. Final Draft
Final Draft is an industry-standard script- and screenwriting software used by well-known pros. In addition to scriptwriting guidance and automatic formatting, Final Draft recently teamed up with Save the Cat software to create a package with even more features that, among other things, can help you develop your story and come up with key beats.
OS: Windows XP or later, OS X 10.7 or later
Price: Final Draft is available on its own for $175 on Amazon; $249 for the Final Draft/Save the Cat package.
9. Storyist
Designed for novelists and screenwriters, Storyist gives you an overview of your writing, tracks important elements such as characters and plot, organises your information, and provides you with templates and formatting tools for your manuscript or screenplay.
OS: Mac OS X, iOS 8.0 or later
Price: $59 (Mac), $14.99 (iOS)
10. Plotbot
Plotbot was developed by two film school graduates to give screenwriters the option of collaborating with others on their project. Writers can choose private or public settings and how much active collaboration they allow. Plotbot also tracks different versions as well as who wrote what.
Web-based
Price: Free
11. Clean Writer Pro 12. WriteRoom 13. Dark Room 14. OmmWriter
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15. ZenWriter
Another meditative text editor, ZenWriter offers customizable backgrounds and music designed to relax you and let you focus on your writing. Updated features include a TOC, but the author admits that it still has some bugs, such as losing your work if you copy-paste from another programme.
OS: Windows
Price: $19.95
16. Q10
Yet another simple, clutter-free text editor and one of the more popular ones, Q10 has a variety of features to help you focus on your writing and meet your goals, including live statistics, portability, customizable appearance, a timer, writing target percentages, autosaving and autocorrection.
OS: Windows
Price: Free
17. Write or Die
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18. Dragon Dictation
Dragon Dictation lets you dictate your words and then transcribes them for you. Enter the results in your preferred application, whether you’re taking notes, writing a book, creating a spreadsheet, or organising your calendar. You can also use it to surf the web, text, email, tweet or post to Facebook.
OS: Windows 7, 8, 8.1; OS X 10.9, 10.10; iOS 4.0 or later
Price: $59.99 (Windows), $150.00 (Mac), Free (iOS)
19. oTranscribe
oTranscribe is a free web app that’s designed to make transcribing recorded interviews a more convenient process. Features include privacy, exportability, interactive time stamps, video file support, and automatic saving.
Browser: Use an up-to-date browser that supports HTML 5 features
Price: Free
20. Windows Live Writer
21. MarkMyWords
A mark-up writing tool for web writers, MarkMyWord comes with a variety of features, including compatibility with different mark-up languages, the ability to preview your work, highlighted mark-up code, a customizable interface for maximum comfort and focus, easy formatting options, and article templates.
OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
Price: $14.99
22. Protagonize
Protaganize is a global, award-winning online community of writers. Members can explore other authors’ work, write new material, join existing groups or create new ones, critique each other’s creations, collaborate, and promote themselves.
Online
Price: Free
Let’s face it: writing is an idea sport. No ideas, no words. But coming up with ideas is not enough: it also helps to track and organise them. The following tools will help you to generate, record, and organise your ideas, either on your own or in collaboration with others.
23. GoodNotes
The GoodNotes app lets you take handwritten notes and annotate pdfs with digital vector ink. GoodNotes documents on your iPad and iPhone will synchronize automatically with iCloud sync. OS: iOS 8.0 Price: $7.99
24. Mind42 25. Mindmup 26. Mindmeister 27. Bubbl.us
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28. Scapple
Scapple is described as a free-form text editor that mimics mind mapping software without imposing any hierarchy or the need to link your notes. In other words, it allows you the freedom of the creative process.
OS: Windows, Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
Price: $14.99
29. SimpleMind
SimpleMind is a mind mapping tool.
30. Tomboy
Tomboy is a note-taking app that also allows you to format, organise your work into different notebooks, automatically link your notes and create lists. Useful for research as well as to-do lists.
OS: Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X. To download, go here. Price: Free
31. Zim
Zim is a text editor that also functions as a desktop wiki, a place to gather Wikipedia files as well as take notes, brainstorm, organise, and create emails and blogs.
OS: Ubuntu, Windows, Mac OS X (with proper dependencies). Automatically included with a number of other Linux distributions.
Price: Free
Sometimes our ideas flow like water, and sometimes the river seems to just dry up, like the savannah in the African drought season. Fortunately, ideas are easier to generate than rain, and a little push is all it takes. The following tools are for those times.
32. Creative Writing Solutions
Creative Writing Solutions is a website that offers a variety of ways to help writers get past the different causes of writer’s block, such as fear, lack of ideas or lack of motivation. The site offers prompts, challenges, advice on specific issues, lesson plans for kids, mentorship and more.
Price: General site use is free. Various prices for products (such as Druidawn, a creative writing game designed especially for kids) and services such as tutoring and mentoring.
33. Writer’s Block Buster, aka Writing Toolkit
Writer’s Block Buster, or Writing Toolkit, is a mobile app that’s useful for all kinds of writers – fiction and non-fiction, veteran and novice. In addition to help with the mechanics of writing, its toolbox shows not only different aids for developing your fiction story but also tips for journalists, bloggers, technical writers and more.
OS: iOS 8.0 or later
Price: $3.99
34. The Writing Prompt Boot Camp
A Writer’s Digest e-book, The Writing Prompt Boot Camp gives you two weeks worth (plus a couple) of first sentences to start off your story and get your imagination flowing. The idea is to work on one story per day. Pdf download Price: Free
35. The Story Starter
The Story Starter is a fun tool that generates random lines to give you ideas for starting your story. Used by all kinds of creative writers, Story Starter has generated more than 215½ trillion ideas for that all-important first line. Web-based Price: Free
36. Creative Writing Prompts
A web page with 346 writing prompts to get you going. Just hover over a number to see the prompt. Prompts come in the form of first lines, story ideas and exercises. Web-based Price: Free
37. Imagination Prompt Generator
Along the same lines as other creativity prompts, Imagination Prompt Generator provides you with half sentences, questions and exercises to get your ideas flowing and your fingers moving. Just hit the virtual button to the right of the prompt box for the next idea. Web-basedPrice: Free
This section provides you with just a few tools to help you gather and organise your resources and thoughts.
38. Evernote
39. Diigo
Diigo’s original main purpose was to provide users with a way to store, organise and annotate their web content. Gradually, it acquired other features, such as social sharing, but some of these may eventually be phased out because of underuse. Available features vary depending on your plan.
Cloud-based
Prices: Free with ads; Basic $7/year; Standard $40/year, $5/month; Professional $59/year, $6/month
40. Feedly
A news aggregator app, Feedly lets you put all your content in one place. Content includes your publications, YouTube channels, blogs, collections and even keyword alerts. It also allows you to securely store private business content. In addition, you can search, read, organise and share. And it provides you with tools for better team collaboration.
OS: Cloud-based; iOS, Android
Prices: Basic Free; Pro $5.41/month; Team $18.08/month
With all the information we take in these days, it’s easy to get distracted or overloaded. The following apps let you customize your Internet experience to make it more pleasant, convenient and focused.
41. Readability
As its name implies, Readability allows you to adjust and save web pages for greater readability, enjoyability and convenience. Remove clutter, save the page for later, and use with different tools and devices.
OS: Mac, iOS, Android
Price: Free
42. Anti-Social
Anti-Social is a timed Chrome plug-in that allows you block the social media features on websites, such as comments as well as Facebook, Twitter and other icons. The idea is to increase productivity by removing social distractions. Works for most sites. Browsers: Chrome Price: Free
43. StayFocused
A Chrome extension that lets you block those distracting websites that keep you from making progress with your work. You can choose which sites to block, whether to block them partially or completely, when you want the blocking to start and how long you want it to last. Browser: Chrome Price: Free
44. Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey helps you improve your productivity by blocking websites, preventing you from becoming distracted and forcing you to concentrate on your work. The more advanced version also lets you block applications, time your breaks, create exceptions, and more. OS: Windows 7–10; Mac version is on the way Price: Basic – Free; Pro – One-time price of $19
45. EssentialPIM
EssentialPIM (PIM stands for “personal information manager”) is an organisational tool that allows you to manage your personal information such as notes, appointments, contacts, tasks, mail and passwords. Syncs with MS Outlook and can be used across different devices.
OS: Windows, iOS, Android
Price: Basic – Free; Pro – Various Prices
46. LeechBlock
LeechBlock is a Mozilla add-on that lets you choose when and which sites to block in order to eliminate distractions and maximize your productivity. It allows you to block as many as six sets of sites and to set specific times and time limits as well as passwords. Browser: Mozilla Firefox Price: Free – $5.00 suggested contribution
47. keybr.com
A touch-typing tutor, keybr.com keeps track of your speed, number of errors, and other stats while teaching you to touch type by focusing on similar though randomly generated sets of letters. You can import text from web pages or enter your own custom text for practice. Also features a game with multiple users.
Web-based
Price: Free
48. TomatoTimer
Tomato Timer is based on the pomodoro technique (“pomodoro” is Italian for “tomato”) devised by Francesco Cirillo, a student who used a tomato-shaped timer to increase his productivity. TomatoTimer is a simple web-based timer that operates by the 25-minute work / 5-minute break rule. The idea is to do this four times and then take a longer break.
Web-based
Price: Free
49. mytomatoes.com
This is the same idea as TomatoTimer, except that you have to register to use it. It has the advantage of letting you write down and check off your accomplishments as you complete each 25-minute period. Also lets you customize your break periods.
Web-based
Price: Free
50. MARINARATIMER
The most flexible and visually appealing of the online tomato timers, MARINARATIMER lets you choose from among three timer possibilities: the classic pomodoro technique, a simple kitchen timer that lets you determine your own length of time, and a custom timer that allows you to name and set your times for different goals and workflows.
Web-based
Price: Free
51. Toggl
Made for teams, Toggl lets you track your time both on- and offline, organise it by clients and projects, integrate with other business tools, share and colour-code your reports, and set different billable rates for different hours. According to Toggl, better time management equals better planning, increased profits and improved client relations.
OS: Online, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone, Android
Price: Basic – Free; Pro $9 per user/month (annual billing) or $10/month (monthly billing); Business $49 per user/month (annual billing) or $59/month (monthly billing)
52. Unstuck
Unstuck is your digital coach for those moments when you’re feeling clueless, uncertain or just plain negative. Not strictly a writer’s tool, it will help you solve all sorts of situations. Whatever your issue, Unstuck can help you move past your stuckness and get creative.
OS: Web-based; Android, iOS 7 or later
Price: Free
Beyond the creative process lies the nitty-gritty of grammar, spelling, style guides, and simply finding the right words to express your thoughts. Here are some tools to help with that.
53. APAStyle
APA style is the writing and reference style devised by the American Psychological Association and used in the social sciences. The official site, apastyle.org, offers free basic tutorials as well as more comprehensive products (books, online courses) for sale.
Website
Price: Free Tutorials; see website for product pricing details
54. Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style is a comprehensive style guide developed by the University of Chicago and widely used in American publishing. The website’s online resource allows you to look up all kinds of issues, from fine points on grammar to referencing styles. Also available in hardcover.
Website
Price: $35 for a single-member annual subscription; additional pricing for larger groups
55. LanguageTool
LanguageTool is an open-source proofreading tool for over twenty languages, including all different versions of English. It claims to do a more thorough job than a regular spell-checker when it comes to catching spelling and some grammatical errors.
Downloadable for LibreOffice, OpenOffice, or for your desktop/laptop. Browsers: Firefox, Chrome
Price: Free
56. WordWeb
WordWeb is a customizable, downloadable dictionary and thesaurus as well as a word and term finder. It can also provide you with a list of references and sites where you can find the word you’re looking for.
OS: Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad
Price: WordWeb is evidently on a mission to reduce global carbon emissions. It’s free as long as you do not take more than two round-trip flights per year. Otherwise, you have to subscribe to WordWeb Pro after your 30-day trial period. Single-user prices range from $19 to $105 depending on the package you buy.
57. Dictionary.com
One of many US-English online dictionaries, Dictionary.com lets you easily toggle over to Thesaurus.com as well as to its simple translation tool. Along with definitions sourced from well-known dictionaries, the dictionary page provides a list of synonyms, an alternate section for UK-English definitions, information on the word’s history and etymology, examples of modern usage, and an audio pronunciation tool.
Web-based
Price: Free
58. Merriam Webster Online
59. The Free Dictionary 60. Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Like Cambridge Dictionaries Online, Oxford Dictionaries lets you toggle back and forth between British/international and US English. It also features a grammar resource, synonyms, a word of the day, a blog, word lists, word origins, forums, games, quizzes, and challenges – all in the name of spreading their passion for language.
Web-based
Price: Free
62. OneLook
OneLook automatically searches multiple dictionaries for the word in question and provides you with links. It also shows you how to use wildcard characters for specific search types, and it has a reverse dictionary feature that lets you input the concept and receive related word suggestions, some more relevant than others.
Web-based
Price: Free
63. Acronym Finder
Acronym Finder allows you plug in acronyms and abbreviations to discover their meaning. The results will show possible meanings from six major categories: IT, Science and Medicine, Military and Government, Organisations and Schools, Business and Finance, and Slang and Pop Culture.
Web-based Price: Free
64. MediLexicon
MediLexicon provides users with links to a medical dictionary, medical abbreviations, information on drugs, medical news, medical and surgical equipment, and miscellaneous medical information on such categories as hospitals, medical associations and pharmaceutical firms.
Web-based
Price: Free
65. BusinessDictionary.com
BusinessDictionary.com provides you with definitions from a variety of business subjects, from finance and management to IT and economic politics, to name just a few. Potentially useful not only for writers in these fields but also for fiction authors and screenwriters who need to understand their subject matter.
Web-based
Price: Free
66. The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary
On a lighter note, the Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary pokes fun at some of the expressions currently in use in the corporate world and clues the rest of us into their meaning so that we’re not so, well, acluistic.
Web-based
Price: Free
67. RhymeZone
Stumped for a rhyme? RhymeZone lets you plug in a word and then provides you with a list of rhyming options. Also gives links to Shakespeare’s plays, poems and other writings, an online forum, and several dictionaries and research tools such as Wikipedia.
Web-based; Android, iPhone, iPad
Price: Free
68. Visuwords
Visuwords creates diagrams around a word using different types of colored lines to connect it to related words and phrases. The legend to the left of the screen explains the meaning of the different kinds of lines.
Web-based
Price: Free
69. Word Counter
Word Counter allows you to track the number of words and characters of your text, either as you type or by cutting and pasting. It also counts the sentences and paragraphs as well as computing the reading level, reading and speaking times, keyword density and a number of other factors that you can turn on or off.
Web-based
Price: Free
70. Autocrit
Autocrit analyses and makes suggestions for improving your writing. Especially designed for fiction writers, its different subscription packages offer various levels of convenience in terms of how many words you can analyse at one time and how many features the package includes.
Web-based
Price: Gold $60/year, Platinum $96/year, Professional $144/year
The last step of the process is publishing your work and all that goes along with that. The following tools will give you resources not just for publishing but also for marketing and other related factors.
71. Copyscape
Copyscape is a plagiarism tool with different levels of checks. The free version lets you compare content from different articles or web pages. Copyscape Premium allows you to review your content prior to publishing. Copysentry alerts you on a weekly (Standard) or daily (Professional)
basis if your content has been plagiarized, and it also finds the source.
Web-based
Price: Basic – Free, Premium $.05 per search, Copysentry (Standard) $4.95+, Copysentry (Professional) $19.95+
72. FastPencil
FastPencil is a self-publishing platform that helps authors through the various stages of book creation, publishing and selling. It offers several publishing packages as well as a marketplace of independent professionals that you can hire, from editors and translators to designers and marketers. Offers a built-in editor to help you write and edit your book.
Cloud-based
Package Prices: Private $9.99, Bronze $675, Silver $1149, Gold $1999, Screenplay $799; also offers a variety of individual services
73. PenFlip
With PenFlip, you enter your text into either your own text editor or an online markdown editor. You then submit it for public or private feedback that you reject or accept, and finally you publish it as an e-book or on the web. Works with both short and longer works.
Web-based
Prices: Free for publicly viewable projects; Premium $10/month; Team $25/month
74. Calibre
Calibre is an open-source e-book tool that includes library management, e-book conversion, e-book reader syncing, an e-book viewer, an e-book editor, online library access, and news-to-ebook conversion.
OS: Windows, OS X, Linux, Portable (Windows Vista or later), Windows 64bit
Price: Free
75. Kindle Direct Publishing
Kindle Direct Publishing is a one-stop shop for publishing your e-book. Suitable for a variety of genres, It allows you to set your rights and pricing, update your book after publishing, get tips on promotion and merchandising, and more. Depending on eligibility, royalties can be as high as 70 per cent.
Web-based; Windows and Mac OS X for downloadable programs such as Kindle Kids’ Book Creator, Kindle Textbook Creator and Kindle Previewer
Price: Free to use. See pricing page for specifics on royalties and delivery costs.
76. To ePub
To ePub converts your pdf files to different e-book formats, including epub and mobi. Allows you to upload up to 20 files at a time, select your e-book format, and then download the converted files singly, as thumbnails or as a zip file.
Web-based
Price: Free
77. Sigil
Sigil is a simple, easy-to-use, open-source e-book creator and editor that lets you edit e-books and convert them to .EPUB format. Its main drawback is that it’s limited to importing and editing e-books in .TXT, .HTML, and .EPUB format.
OS: Windows, Mac OS X. Download here for latest release.
Price: Free
78. CreateSpace
CreateSpace is Amazon’s online publishing platform for hard-copy and e-book self-publishers. Like Kindle Direct Publishing, the site gives authors lots of guidance on every aspect of self-publishing, from formatting and uploading to marketing. The platform itself is free to use, but there are also professional paid services for those who want help.
Online
Price: Publishing costs vary according to your choices; for professional service rates, go here.
79. Book Design Templates
Joel Friedlander, aka the Book Designer, has designed a variety of templates that take the guesswork out of self-publishing and enable authors to produce professional-looking hard copies and e-books. Templates come in different styles for different genres, and many are dual use (for print and e-book).
For best results, use Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word when working with the templates.
OS: Windows, Mac OS X
Price: Varies with the template and license (one-time, multiple, and commercial).
80. Reedsy Book Editor
Reedsy’s goal as a curated self-publishing marketplace is to bring self-publishing to the level of traditional publishing. Passionate about helping authors to create, publish and market their next bestseller, Reedsy has now created a book editing tool that allows for distraction-free writing, collaborative real-time editing (available soon), and typesetting prior to export for publishing on different platforms.
Online
Price: Free