Novel Writing Software

If you're looking for novel writing software, you've come to the right place.

There are so many novel writing software products out there that it's totally confusing. It's a challenge to find them all - so I thought I'd create this website to have them all in the same place, so you can check them out and make the best decision as to which novel writing software product is the right one for you.

The navigation bar to the left gives a list of all the various novel writing software, and here is a small summary you:

If you are looking for story-development novel writing software, and like following a pre-made structure, and money is not too much of an issue, the Marshall Plan Novel Writing Software is the one for you. Or, slightly cheaper along the same lines is NewNovelist.
If you are looking for good story-development and information management in one, at a very good price, then MyNovel or Power Structure is the one for you.
If you are looking for good story-development software where you are not constrained by any template, then check out StoryWeaver or WriteItNow4.
If you are looking for basic story-management software you should go for either WriteItNow 4 or yWriter5 (yWriter5 is free and very good but not quite as good as WriteItNow4 which is $59.99).
And make sure your manuscript is safely, automatically and regularly backed up with Book Backup.
Autocrit Editing Wizard is the nearest thing to having an editor sit on your shoulder!
And you may like to check out the awesomeness that is voice recognition software.


More Detailed Information on novel writing software:

There are many different novel writing software products out there, and this section is my information on each of them, so that you can make an informed decision.

The first question is whether you even need novel writing software. The short answer is: no, you don't. All the great classics were written without novel writing software, after all! It is far from essential.

However ...

Novel Writing Software

... having said that, novel writing software can be a terrific help in writing your novel. Writing a novel is challenging enough - anything that can help make it easier is worth considering. Those classic novels were written without word processors, after all, without being able to cut and paste, or search and replace - but no writer nowadays would give up his or her computer.

So, why not check out the various pages on this site - each novel writing software product has its own page - and see which one might be the one to help you write your masterpiece!

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