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Ok here is a compilation of all the software and useful tools I’ve come across whilst writing. Some of them I’ve reviewed on here already, more coming soon.
Got an idea? Well get planning! Here’s some useful outlining, brainstorming and mind- mapping software:
- Coggle
- Lucidchart
- Mural.ly
- Blumind
- MindMeister
- Mindmaple
- Mindomo
- NovaMind
- Popplet
- Scapple
- Tree Sheets
- Visual Understanding Environment (VUE)
- XMind
- FreeMind
- Oak Outliner
- Work Flowy
- The Outliner of Giants
Just want to get writing? You want a word processor:
- Gedit
- Google Docs
- Kate
- LibreOffice
- Microsoft Word
- My Writing Spot
- NoteTab
- Open Office
- Quabel
- Ted
- Vim
- yEdit
Making notes? Here you go:
Timelines giving you a headache? Try these:
Now perhaps you want to organise those notes. Got a lot of research? Character sheets? Images? Well here’s some tools to keep all that together:
Are you easily distracted? The following tools will keep you on track:
Even more productivity tools to help keep you focussed on your task:
- Cold Turkey
- FocalFilter
- Freedom
- InternetOff
- Keepmeout
- Nanny
- Productivity Owl
- RescueTime
- SelfControl
- SelfRestraint
- Simple Blocker
- StayFocusd
- Strict Workflow
- Time Doctor
- Waste No Time
- Website Blocker
So you’ve got something down? Need to edit?
All done? Perhaps you’d like some e-publishing tools:
- Acrobat
- InDesign
- Calibre
- CutePDF
- Jutoh
- Mobipocket Creator
- PagePlus
- PageStream
- PDFCreator
- Scribus
- Sigil
Turns out I’d forgotten about screenwriters, so here goes:
I’m feeling generous, have some more cool stuff:
ETA: After a request I’ve added screenplay software to the list.
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