The Best 72 True Novelist Alternatives

  • Quoll Writer icon

    Quoll Writer

    Focus on your words not the interface. Quoll Writer is a writing application that helps you focus on your words. Clean and uncluttered. Feature rich. Features are where you would expect them to be.

    Free Open Source Windows

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    SuperNotecard

    SuperNotecard is an intuitive tool that uses notecards to capture and organize your ideas. These virtual notecards can be moved into decks, arranged on the screen, or grouped and categorized with ease.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • Plume Creator icon

    Plume Creator

    With Plume Creator, organize your writing projects ! Scenes, notes, characters,...

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • writers cafè icon

    writers 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.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • iBooks Author icon

    iBooks Author

    Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts.

    Free Mac OS X

  • Amazon Storywriter icon

    Amazon Storywriter

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with features like auto-formatting, offline writing, and import/export.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Chrome OS Web Chrome

  • Storyist icon

    Storyist

    A powerful writing environment for novelists and screenwriters Do you have a story to tell? Unlike conventional word processors, Storyist helps you track your plot, characters, and settings, and keeps all of your writing organized and...

    Commercial Mac OS X iPhone iPad

    Export to PDF Sync with iCloud
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    WebODF

    WebODF is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to add Open Document Format (ODF) support to your website and to your mobile or desktop application. It uses HTML and CSS to display ODF documents.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • Author icon

    Author

    macOS app to create & share beautiful documents on web without any design skills.

    Freemium Mac OS X Mac

  • FreeWriter icon

    FreeWriter

    A full featured novel writing suite with unique features to help organize ideas and reporting.

    Freemium Windows

  • Plotbot icon

    Plotbot

    Plotbot is free screenwriting software. You can write your screenplay with as many or a few people as you want--right from your browser. We handle the formatting so you can concentrate on writing!

    Free Web

  • Novlr icon

    Novlr

    Online word processor and organizer for novel writing. Includes detailed, novel-specific statistics, chapter reorganization, and the ability to export your novel.

    Commercial Web

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    The Novel Factory

    The Novel Factory is software specifically designed to help in every aspect of novel writing, from conception to publication.

    Commercial Windows

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    StoryMill

    Storymill is a creative writing tool geared towards book writers; although, it could easily be used for other big creative writing projects, like scripts.

    Commercial Mac OS X