Top 15 The Novel Factory Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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

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"Step-by-Step Roadmap Guide to Writing a Novel:

Probably the most useful feature for newbies, but easy to tuck out of the way for more experienced novelists who already know what they’re doing.

The roadmap offers a step by step guide to take you through the various stages of writing a novel, from coming up a with a robust premise, to fleshing it out into a solid skeleton, to creating objective orientated scenes, to developing your characters, to developing themes and through the various stages of drafting. It even helps out with submitting to agents and publishers."

1. Wordcradle

Wordcradle Wordcradle is a free online writing software. It provides a place to privately store your stories, organize chapters, set writing deadlines, create characters, store research and plan out your novels. It also provides you with incentives to finish your stories and meet your writing deadlines by giving you the option......

2. Worst Draft

Worst Draft Worst Draft is a minimalist word processor that removes the two biggest roadblocks for writers: editing & distractions. Users are unable to delete anything more than a few most recently typed words, and they will also be unable to access any other applications without first closing Worst Draft.By removing these......

3. Scrivener

Scrivener Scrivener is a word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts such as novels and research papers. It won't try to tell you how to write - it just makes all the tools you have scattered around your desk available in one application.Scrivener offers the......

4. Writer's Cafè

Writer's Cafè Write a novel or screenplay with Writers Cafe: 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.......

5. Storybook

Storybook Storybook 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 writing books, novels or other written works. This software appears to have been discontinued but can still be downloaded from Softonic: http://storybook.en.softonic.com/......

6. Manuskript

Manuskript Open-source tool for writers. With outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc.......

7. BlankPage.io

BlankPage.io Helping you to fill that page. Write every day.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 motivational cues to help you keep writing.BlankPage gives you detailed statistics about when and how you write.......

8. yWriter

yWriter yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriter was designed by an......

9. Novlr

Novlr Novlr is by writers, for writers. We are building Novlr to be as simple to use as possible. We want it to feel like there’s nothing there but your words. But don’t be fooled, there’s a lot of power in the background.You can take your words in and out of......

10. Organon

Organon Organon is a plugin for LibreOffice and OpenOffice.DOWNLOAD: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/organon Organon allows to split up large texts into parts, allows tagging and opening parts of the project in new tabs. Parts are shown in a treeview. Entries can be moved by drag and drop. Every entry can be tagged. Tags are......

11. Writing Outliner

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.A project in Writing Outliner is a long or complex text that you might work on for days, weeks, or even months, for example, a book (novel, or non-fiction), a research......

12. Quabel

Quabel Writing made easy. Set writing goals and focus on your writings. Quabel is a writing app that lives in your browser, made for passionate writers. Distraction-Free environmentJust focus on your writings - all styling comes later.Access from anywhere.Synchronization and offline mode make life so much easier.Set goals. Increase performance.Streamline your......

13. Judoom

Judoom Judoom is a free, bare-bones word processor and file manager for creative writers. It contains all the core elements that a creative writer needs in a word processor, and none of the extras.......

14. Pangurpad

Pangurpad A new way to write:Write anywhere, right in your browserNever lose a thing with online backupManage your notes and writing your wayPlot your story's timelineJoin communities, share and publishGet started now for free!......

15. Typewith.me

Typewith.me A basic online collaborative word processing application that doesn't require a login. Records your timeline of edits and allows chat too. Great if you want something quick and simple and web based. I love Google Docs, but this is a great simple alternative.......