- StoryCraft Writer's Software - http://www.writerspage.com/
- Story development software. Also online writer's courses in novel and screenwriting.
- The WritePro Corporation - http://www.writepro.com/
- Free professional advice and resources for writers, fiction and nonfiction. Free creative writing tutorial software.
- WriteExpress Corporation - http://www.writeexpress.com/
- Writing tools for amateurs and professionals.
- The Working Writer - http://dolphinsoftware.bc.ca/software/writers/index.html
- Software that tracks the business of freelance writing from query letter to paycheck.
- eMediaAdmin - http://www.reedmedia.net/software/emediaadmin/
- Software for publishing online magazines and newspapers. Creates article webpages, table of contents and chronological archive webpages using customizable templates.
- ClipWords - http://epigraphics.com/
- Search, edit, combine, or cut and paste entries and move them into any Windows or Mac application. From Epigraphics.
- Character Pro for Writers 2.0 - http://www.characterpro.com
- A creative writing tool designed to help writers create great story characters. Newsletter available.
- Editor Software - http://www.editorsoftware.com/
- StyleWriter, the plain English editor. The Electronic Writing Course and an Electronic House Style. Information and advice on writing in plain language plus a free trial.
- Biography Software Corporation - http://www.personalauthor.com/800/indexns.cfm
- The personal author system combines biography and genealogy research tools along with biography writing and publishing tools.
- WordDog Plain English Editor - http://www.worddog.com
- Searches Word documents for wordy phrases, redundancies, ambiguous words, outworn expressions, formal language, cliches, and suggests crisp, clear plain language alternatives that everyone can understand.
- Writer's Blocks - http://www.writersblocks.com
- Assists with the development and organization of written material.
- StyleEase - http://www.styleease.com
- From Guilford Publications. Formats text and pops in references in MLA style. For term papers, journal articles, theses, and dissertations.
- AcroWizard - http://www.acrowizard.com/
- AcroWizard can create a database and table of acronyms from your document in about 10 seconds. Free trial version offered.
- WordCounter - http://www.wordcounter.com
- Ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use it to find keywords, or just to see what words you overuse. Free to use online, not a download.
- NoTypos.com - http://www.notypos.com
- Medical spell checker for Microsoft Word. For transcription, notes, reports, and anything medical. Free trial version.
- Self-Publishers Affordable System - http://geocities.com/cguyspage/
- Explains the home based publishing system which allows everyone to produce their own professional book inexpensively and in any number they want. Sample books on display.
- MasterFreelancer - http://www.masterfreelancer.com
- Web store for writers and creative professionals.
- The Sandbaggers - http://www.sandbaggers.8m.com/dossamm.htm
- Automated manuscript management software for DOS.
- The Writers Store - http://writersstore.com/
- For screenwriting software, creative writing, TV movie script and screenplay production software.
- Power Structure - http://www.write-brain.com/power_structure_main.htm
- Provides several different views allowing the writer to organize and study his work from the perspective of plot, character, and other customizable settings.
- Hi-Note - http://cyclos.com/hi-note.htm
- Outline and brainstorm on the go. Create notes and subnotes, similar to topics and sub-topics used in other programs, on your Palm Pilot. Easily incorporates graphics as well as text.
- Ars Lexis Software - http://arslexis.com/
- Expandable and adaptable dictionary and thesaurus designed for use on Palm-platform handheld devices. The base dictionary has 122,000 words defined. The programs are memory-efficient.
- WriteItNow - http://www.ravensheadservices.com/
- Write and store complete novels. Keeps track of characters, events, locations, and ideas. Provides timeline charts, spell checker and manuscript submission tracker. PC and Macintosh computers.
- Intellectus Enterprises - http://www.intellectusenterprises.com/
- Idea Tracker, for customizing, organizing, sorting, filtering ideas, thoughts and notes. Free trial available. [Windows only]
- Textalyser - http://textalyser.net/
- An online service that allows entry of text or a website. Displays readability analysis, including reading level, sentence length and word counts.
- WriteThis - http://www.theprint.dk/writethis.html
- Small freeware tool for writers. Generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and criteria.
- Manuscript Studio - http://www.manuscriptstudio.com
- Technology for writers publishing their own work or presenting a finished manuscript to publishers, periodicals and agents.
- Writing Help Tools - http://www.writinghelptools.com
- Reviews of writing tools on the Net for letter writing, resume writing, business writing, and general writing.
- 123Ezine - http://123ezine.com
- Creates a newsletter template, any newsletter design or format, text or web. Creates and manages back issues together with uploading to web sites.
- Newnovelist - http://www.newnovelist.com
- Breaks down the process of writing into manageable chunks, to help experienced and novice writers complete a novel.
- EaZy Paper - http://www.eazypaper.com
- Formats your new and existing papers in the Turabian and Chicago Manual of Style formats.
- Great Dialogue Software - http://www.greatdialogue.com
- Shows how to write dialogue, whether comic or dramatic. Gives techniques, and examples.
- RhymeZone - http://www.rhymezone.com/
- Online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
- Mindola Software - http://www.mindola.com/
- Miss Lonelynotes helps manage writing projects using a simulation of 3x5 note cards. Includes character tracking and plot references. Windows SP/200 and Mac OS X Panther.
- Anthemion Software Home - http://www.anthemion.co.uk/
- Storylines and Writer's Cafe: software for writers.
- WriterScreen Software - http://www.digitizedi.com/writerscreen/writerscreen.htm
- A writer-friendly program that retain all your story writing in one place. Keeping your thoughts free and organized as you develop your story.
- ScholarWord - http://scholarword.com/product.htm
- An MS Word integration which facilitates writing in MLA, APA, CBE or Chicago styles, rapidly citing sources, and accurate editing. Download free trial for Mac or PC.
- Liquid Story Binder - http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com
- Designed for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and screenwriters. Features include: spellchecking, thesaurus, document indexing, checklists, image gallery, notes, multiple backups.
- Writer's Companion - http://www.writerscomp.com/
- Brainstorm, organize, edit and publish your ideas in one program.
- Avenir - http://returnself.com/
- Create outlines, tracks characters, allows editing, revision and annotation of sections of text, and tracks submissions. [Mac OS X]
- Copyscape - http://www.copyscape.com/
- Search engine to locate duplicated materials on the Internet.
- FictionFixer - http://www.fictionfixer.com/
- Service involving software analysis which tracks 250 characteristics of bestselling novels to define a model of what readers desire. Corresponding aspects of one's manuscript are matched to this paradigm or to a specific work.
- WordWeb Pro - http://wordweb.info
- Thesaurus and dictionary for Windows with word and anagram finder.
- WhiteSmoke Text Enrichment - http://www.whitesmoke.com/
- Instant, full-text analysis solution, providing context-related language enrichment.
- Story Wizard - http://www.storywizard.co.uk
- Writing software feeds the imaginative mind with ideas for plot lines, characters and places.
- IdeaMason - http://www.ideamason.com
- Assists in the creative and technical aspects of writing, including idea and source management, bibliographical citations in APA, MLA and Chicago, composition organization, and research administration.
- WareFore Analysis - http://www.warefore.com/
- printMSS - manuscript processing software for the professional writer. [Windows]
- McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme - http://www.bryantmcgill.com/free_rhyming_dictionary/
- Free software version of this 14-volume authoritative reference work, offering a subset of the publication's entries in order to encourage and popularize poetry.
- English Language Online Tools - http://www.online-utility.org/english/index.jsp
- Readability tests: detect frequently used words, complicated vocabulary.
- WordNet-Online - http://www.wordnet-online.com/downloads/
- Free dictionary and hierarchical thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms, derived forms and sample sentences.
- Recipes for Word - http://www.recipes4word.com
- Software for the fiction, nonfiction and student/ scholars. Grammatical style checker, literary agent database, are available.
- PageFour - http://www.softwareforwriting.com
- Word processing package designed for writers. It emphasises features used by creative writers, while ignoring the business oriented functionality of the larger word processors.
- Readability Software Online - http://readability.online-web-software.com
- Web based readability software that compares your writing with how often the words appear in the Inernet.
- WritingLinks.com - http://www.writinglinks.com
- A portal of writing software resources, links and information.
- Storybase - http://www.storybase.net/
- Provides a dictionary of narrative writing prompts that can be personalized by each user.
- Spacejock Software - http://www.spacejock.com/
- Free software designed to help authors put together the snippets, outlines, fragments and chapters that go into a finished novel. Also offers stock charting software, an ebook reader, a mp3 and ogg player, text to speech, and stock market data.
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