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Story Architect

Story Architect is a writing app for screenplays, comics, plays, books, and other story forms, arranged around a shared project bible.

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Overleaf

Free planOpen sourceWebAPIExtension

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Celtx

Celtx is cloud-based software for writing, planning, and managing media-production projects, including film, television, commercials, documentaries, and interactive media.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb

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   Substack

   Substack is a publishing platform for writers, creators, and subscribers, available on the web, Android, and iOS.

   Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI
   9.0$50 one-time
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   WriterDuet

   WriterDuet is writing software with publishing tools for writers creating and working on projects.

   Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux
   9.0From $9.99 a month
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   Calmly Writer

   Calmly Writer is a writing editor built to reduce distractions and help users focus.

   Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS
   8.6Free plan
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   Final Draft

   Final Draft is screenwriting software that automatically formats scripts and supports writing, story planning, collaboration, and production workflows.

   iOSWebmacOSWindows
   8.5From $8.33 a year
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   Campfire

   Campfire is a platform for authors, publishers, and readers that brings together writing software, a mobile writing app, an online eBook store, and a reading app.

   Free planAndroidiOSWebmacOS
   8.5Free plan
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   yWriter

   yWriter is novel-writing software that organizes writing into chapters and scenes.

   Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
   8.4$5.49 one-time
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    Buttondown

    Buttondown is a web-based email service with a free plan and paid plans starting at $9 per month.

    Free planWebAPI
    8.3From $9 a month
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    Pendraic

    Pendraic is a writing tool for long-form fiction that keeps a book's characters, world, voice, and story details together.

    Free planWebAPImacOSWindows
    8.3From $14.99 a month
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    Novlr

    Novlr is a creative writing workspace for planning, drafting, and publishing projects.

    Free planAndroidiOSWeb
    8.3From $8 a month
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    Studiovity

    AndroidiOSWebAPI
    8.3
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    Novelcrafter

    Novelcrafter is a writing platform for authors working across genres, forms, and styles, from beginners to published writers.

    AndroidiOSWeb
    8.1From $4 a month
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    Fade In

    Fade In is screenwriting software for film, television, video games, stage, radio, and other scripts.

    AndroidiOSWebLinux
    8.1From $99.95 a year
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    Squibler

    Squibler is a web writing app for long-form projects such as books and screenplays, with AI-assisted generation and team collaboration.

    Free planWeb
    8.1From $29.99 a month
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    Arc Studio Pro

    Arc Studio Pro is screenwriting software for drafting and managing scripts on Mac, Windows, iPadOS, iOS, and browsers.

    Free planiOSmacOSWindows
    8.1From $69 a year
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    Scrivener

    Scrivener is a long-form writing app for macOS, Windows and iOS, designed for projects that can be composed in sections of any size.

    iOSmacOSWindows
    8.0
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    Calliope

    Calliope is a web-based writing tool for outlining and drafting books.

    Free planWebAPI
    8.0From €99 a year
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    Lastslate

    Lastslate is a screenplay editor for Mac and Windows with an AI collaborator that reads scripts but does not write dialogue.

    Free planmacOSWindows
    8.0From $10 a month
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    Wayscript

    Wayscript is a writing studio for novels, screenplays, and branching video game narratives.

    Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux
    8.0From $8 a month
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    Ghost

    Ghost is an open-source blog and newsletter platform for creators, publishers, businesses, and developers.

    Web
    7.9From $18 a month
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    HackMD

    HackMD is a web workspace for writing, sharing, and publishing Markdown notes.

    Free planWeb
    7.9From $5 a month
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    Novelium

    Free planAndroidWebmacOSWindows
    7.9From $19 a month
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    MyStory.today

    Free planAndroidiOSWebLinux
    7.9From €23.99 a year
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    Dabble

    Dabble is a writing tool for fiction authors, especially novelists, ranging from first-time hobbyists to professional writers.

    AndroidiOSWebLinux
    7.8From $19 a month
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    Write.as

    Write.as is a publishing service for blogs and posts, with Markdown and Rich Text editing.

    Free planSelf-hosted
    7.7From $6 a month
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    Hashnode

    Hashnode is a blogging platform for developers and engineers, with tools for technical writing and publication management.

    Free planWebAPI
    7.7From $50 a year
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    DramaQueen

    DramaQueen is desktop software for developing fictional stories, from plot planning through writing, formatting, visualization, and revision.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.7Free plan
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    Plot Factory

    Plot Factory is an online story planner for organizing and writing stories and fictional universes.

    Free planAndroidiOSWeb
    7.6From $9 a month
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