Protowords Alternatives

Protowords is described as 'Its primary goal is to make writing the first draft of your novel as easy as possible by improving the writing experience. It pulls you into your story with audio-visual themes, makes you feel comfortable in your writing space with its minimalist approach, and helps you hit' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Protowords for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Protowords alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Protowords are Typora, Manuskript, ghostwriter and Scrivener.

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  1. Zen icon
     3 likes

    Zen helps you to focus on your writing... It's writing only. It's fullscreen. It's Zen.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Blank is a minimalistic, opinionated markdown editor made for writing. It works purely keyboard-based. It's minimalistic UI and WYSIWYG helps you stay focused on what really matters: content. Save to markdown or export your files to PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Quilter icon
     1 like

    Quilter is a minimalist, focused writing app for elementary OS .

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • elementary OS
     
  4. Essayist icon
     1 like

    Essayist allows you to write APA & MLA essays with ease. From in-text citations to references and page setup, Essayist takes care of everything. It greatly simplifies the academic writing process.

    13 Essayist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5.  5 likes

    A minimalist writing zone, where you can block out all distractions and get to what's important.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Desk icon
     4 likes

    An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X.

    You are a storyteller, passionate about crafting narratives that capture, express, and delight in what it means to be human.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. OmmBits icon
     1 like

    Introducing OmmBits, an instant teleport to a short writing experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Simpletext icon
     1 like

    The simplest distraction-free writing app ever created.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Worst Draft icon
     3 likes

    Worst Draft is a Java-based, minimalist word processor that removes access to the two biggest roadblocks for writers: editing & distractions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  10. 130 Words icon
     3 likes

    Free Private Journaling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. KoalaWriter icon
     6 likes

    Koalawriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free plain text editor with customizable background images and ambient music. Like its Mac OS counterpart Ommwriter, its onscreen controls fade out of sight when you begin to type and appear again on mouseover.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. MarkMyWords icon
     2 likes

    MarkMyWords is the ideal markup-writing tool for authors. By using Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, Wikitext, HTML or BBCode MarkMyWords makes writing articles for the web a breeze and remains platform-independent by using plain text documents.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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