The Best 72 True Novelist Alternatives

  • Liquid Story Binder XE icon

    Liquid Story Binder XE

    Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the...

    Commercial Windows

  • Nisus Writer icon

    Nisus Writer

    Nisus Writer feels like home with support for Mac OS X autosave, document versioning, and iCloud. Built from the same core as Nisus Writer Pro, Express features the same...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • oStorybook icon

    oStorybook

    oStorybook is a free, open source novel-writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Novelize icon

    Novelize

    Novelize is an online novel writing app designed to keep authors on track. It can be used on any device.

    Commercial Web

  • Nulis icon

    Nulis

    Tree editor for writers, makes outlining your stories and articles easy, fun, and convenient.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Web Mac

  • Writing Outliner icon

    Writing Outliner

    Writing Outliner is an outliner that's seamlessly integrated with MS Word. The most important concept of Writing Outliner is project-based writing.

    Commercial Windows Microsoft Office Word

  • StoryShop icon

    StoryShop

    A story planning app for writers: build worlds, develop your characters and create story beats.

    Commercial Web

  • Mariner Persona icon

    Mariner Persona

    Persona is an innovative character development tool for fiction writers. Persona aids you in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Typely icon

    Typely

    Typely is precise. Existing tools for improving prose raise so many false alarms that their advice cannot be trusted. Instead, the writer must carefully consider whether to accept or reject each change.

    Free Web

  • SSuite NoteBook Editor icon

    SSuite NoteBook Editor

    SSuite NoteBook Editor is a free portable text editor that has all the functionality to start you on writing that important novel, short-story or article, with enough...

    Free Windows

  • Scrollistic icon

    Scrollistic

    Free writing software for novels and ebooks. Scrollistic is a native windows 10 app for writing chapter based documents such as novels. Scrollistic uses html and css to...

    Freemium Windows Windows RT Windows Phone

  • Atomic Scribbler icon

    Atomic Scribbler

    Atomic Scribbler is a project management and writing environment for novelists and short story writers working on Windows PCs. Writers use the software to plan their...

    Commercial

  • BlankPage.io icon

    BlankPage.io

    Helps writers become authors. BlankPage is a full writing environment with a minimalist text editor, a powerful outlining tool, and social features all centered around...

    Commercial Web

  • MarkMyWords icon

    MarkMyWords

    MarkMyWords is the ideal markup-writing tool for authors. By using Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, Wikitext, HTML or BBCode MarkMyWords makes writing articles for the...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • DevVicky icon

    DevVicky

    DevVicky Word is a stable, feature-savvy word processor unbound by a proprietary file formats. Besides handling an equally impressive number of file formats, DevVicky...

    Free Windows

  • Rizonesoft Verbum icon

    Rizonesoft Verbum

    Verbum is a simple, user friendly word processor that works with a wide selection of file formats. When working with Verbum, do not expect to find fancy ribbon menus or...

    Free Windows