Storyline Creator AlternativesNovel Authoring Tools and other similar apps like Storyline Creator

Storyline Creator is described as 'Elegant tool to write stories ranging from short stories to novels. It makes it a breeze to draft ideas and to organize your scenes, characters and researched material - so you can focus on the creativity instead of the paper war' and is a Novel Authoring tool in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Storyline Creator for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Storyline Creator alternative is Scrivener. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try yWriter or Fortelling. Other great apps like Storyline Creator are Hemingway Editor, OmniOutliner, Zavala and Visual Outliner.

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  1. Scrivener icon
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    Tailored for extensive writing, this tool offers flexible structure and organization, integrates project outlines, supports various formats, and allows reorganization through drag and drop, ensuring research materials are within reach for efficient work.

    187 Scrivener alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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  2. OmniOutliner icon
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    OmniOutliner is a start-to-finish writing app. Perfect for collecting information, outlining Big Ideas, adding structure to any sort of writing, and much more. From grocery lists to email drafts to long-form composition.

    84 OmniOutliner alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  3. yWriter icon
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    yWriter is a writing tool that uses "scenes" as a unit of text and allows you to associate that text with all manner of story elements (characters, locations, items) as well as place it and rearrange it within the context of chapters.

    112 yWriter alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. Zavala icon
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    Zavala is a modern take on a traditional outliner. It supports all the things you want in a Mac app like multiple windows, keyboard shortcuts, a customizable toolbar, and a full menu bar.

    111 Zavala alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  5. Visual Outliner is an outliner software for Windows, and it uses OPML as native file format. It's not just another tasklist application, but a real outliner editor that can be used to write, view, modify, and maintain hierarchically arranged text.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Campfire provides a one-stop-shop for novelists: organizational and writing tools (Campfire Write), a hub of writing resources (Campfire Learn), & a writing and reading platform for building an audience and sharing your work (Campfire Explore).

    116 Campfire Write alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Windows
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    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  7. Looking for a suite of tools for writing your book? This is not just a text editor it does so much more. Organise your story using timelines, planning boards and the snowflake tool, all integrated to make writing intuitive and fun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  8. Novel Goggles assists writers of fiction with writing cohesive, impactful stories by allowing writers to view and update their plot outline while they're writing, and providing tools for characters, locations, settings, and timelines.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. NovaScriber icon
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    A most awesome tool to outline and write novels, stories, scripts and keep track of all your characters, locations, notes and ideas.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. A feature-packed Notion template built to help novelists, screenwriters, video game writers, and other storytellers flesh out their worlds, stories, and characters.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Notion
    • Web Browser
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