Comments on: 25+ Pieces of Writing Software You Should Know About

By: justin

justin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:37:14 +0000

What about Microsoft One Note. That is AMAZING software. Simple, you can collaborate with it, and very clean.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I would highly recommend it.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:43:41 +0000

I didn’t see StorYBook mentioned. It’s free and great. It keeps your chapters and scenes separated and the editing is easy.

By: MehAloe

MehAloe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:14:20 +0000

Just a quick note — you can change the background colour in DarkRoom as well, just as in WriteRoom. DarkRoom lets you change text colour, background colour, font, and lots of other stuff.

By: Ros Capeness

Ros Capeness — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:11:50 +0000

I’m just starting out and wanting to get to know what’s available, so thanks for this very handy list. Anyone got any comments on NewNovelist?? Cheers, Ros

By: Dick Keaton

Dick Keaton — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:13:33 +0000

I’ve been writing for several years – some small stuff published, but not the ‘Great American Novel’, that is, not yet. . .

During that time, I’ve tried several of the programs listed above. Many of them are useful, and some are very useful. I think the following are worth serious evaluation, and I also thing different people have different styles and writing ‘MOs’, and certain features in these programs may suit certain writers more than others.

1. yWriter (My personal favorite – the one I now use almost exclusively for real ‘writing’, and it’s free!)
2. WriteItNow (a very feature rich and reasonably priced program)
3. StoryBook (very useful for plotting, organizing, and integrating different plot lines – I use it in concert with yWriter – also free)
4. WriteWay (very intuitive interface with a nice, nothing fancy, set of features.
5. PowerWriter (nice, feature rich, but a little pricey)
6. PowerStructure (the organizing counterpart of PowerWriter, also pricey)
7. WordWeb – a very easy to use free dictionary and thesaurus which installs and sits in your task bar – can be used with all the programs listed

Hope this is useful.
Keep writing!

Dick