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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Final Draft Alternatives
Final Draft is described as 'Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Final Draft for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Final Draft alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Manuskript or Story Architect (STARC). Other great apps like Final Draft are Fade In, Hemingway Editor, yWriter and Untold Novel.
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A feature-packed Notion template built to help novelists, screenwriters, video game writers, and other storytellers flesh out their worlds, stories, and characters.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Notion
- Web Browser
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32 JotterPad alternativesDesigned for creative writers, JotterPad is a plain text editor without the fuss and distraction of a word processor. It is perfect for writing books, novels, lyrics, poems, essays, drafts and screenplays.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Android
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
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22 Shaxpir alternativesShaxpir is a word-processor in the cloud, designed for authors of long-form narratives, like novels and memoirs. Designed by writers, Shaxpir offers tools for every stage of the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining to prosecraft and publishing.
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44 SmartEdit Writer alternativesSmartEdit Writer (formerly 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 novels, prepare and maintain research material, and then write that novel chapter by...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
70 Dabble alternativesCraft your story. Write your novel. Dabble is software for writing novels for the desktop (Mac and Windows) and browser, syncing between computers.
A document manager and site builder/generator for Word users. You can open Word documents in tabs, manage documents on a project basis, full-text search documents across multiple project folders, attach tags, notes, stars, and so on to the documents.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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A tailor-made writing application for fiction writers that lets you plan, organize, and write stories and series. You can create story outlines from pre-defined templates, create and manage rich and interesting characters, build immersive fictional worlds and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Beat is an elegant screenwriting app for macOS and iOS, created by a screenwriter for screenwriters. And best of all — Beat is fully open source!
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
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Shy Editor is an online text editor and writing environment that was designed for maximum writer productivity. It is used every day by novelists, non-fiction writers, students, academics, bloggers, content creators, journalists, and more.
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A web-based writing app. It is designed by novelists to have the tools and workflows they need yet be simple to use, and runs on every device (Windows, Mac, phones, etc).
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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22 Outline 4D alternativesOutline 4D is an outlining and writing program that lets you brainstorm, create, structure and organize your ideas. In addition to a traditional vertical single-pane outline format, Outline 4D has a horizontal timeline format that is an alternative to index cards, blocks, and...
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