We, (royal, lol) at Cybernet Books, won’t presume to say which writing software is the Best or tell you which one you should buy. What works for we, lol, may stick in your craw and jam your keyboards and just may not be appropriate for you. That said, as we come across various writing programs, in all their manifestations, they will be documented here for your viewing pleasure.
What is yWriter?
yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create.
We, (royal, again, lol) at Cybernet Books, have used this software since 2008-09. To find out the Why, go to the yWriter article and learn more about the program.
Software, so much Software
Worthfuls (Free) Writing Software
Worthful writing software that helps you write your story but has no financial cost. FREE FREE FREE!!! (The Cybernet Book gnomes may, or may not put some “trialware” here. That just seems like a bait-and-switch, eh?)
Writing Software: FocusWriter by GottCode
Writing Software: Q10 by Baara
Writing Software: Snowflake Pro by Randy Ingermanson
Writing Software: Writemonkey by Writemonkey
Writing Software: yWriter by Spacejock
Costlies (Paid) Writing Software
Costly writing software that helps you write your story for either a monthly subscription fee or one-time charge. (The Cybernet Book gnomes may, or may not put “trialware” here. Trialware can be a bit of a bait-and-switch, eh? Depends on if the company requires a credit card before download or rather offers a stripped down version for free or not.)
Writing Software: Book Writer by Yadu Digital
Writing Software: Scrivener by Literature & Latte
Writing Software: WriteItNow by Ravenshead Services
Long List of Writing Software Straight to Website
- Book Writer
- Character Writer
- ConnectedText
- CopyWrite
- Dramatica Pro
- Editor
- FocusWriter
- FreeWriter
- Jer’s Novel Writer
- Liquid Story Binder
- MacJournal
- Momentum Writer
- NewNovelist
- Nota Bene
- (The) Novel Factory
- Novel Suite
- Outline 4D
- PageFour
- Paper Tools Pro — Software “Retired?”
- Power Structure
- Power Writer — Old “2001-02
- Quick Article Pro
- Q10
- RoughDraft — Author Retired “2005”
- Scriptito — Domain for Sale
- Scrivener
- Snowflake Pro
- Storybase — Last Copyright “2006”
- Storybook — Defunct: Domain for Sale
- Storybox
- Storyist
- StoryMill
- Story Wizard
- StyleEase — Software Retired “Dec.2015”
- StyleWriter
- The Writer’s Software Companion
- Ulysses
- White Smoke
- Wizards4Word
- Word Menu — Domain for Sale
- WriteItNow
- Writemonkey
- WriteRoom
- Writer’s Blocks
- Writer’s Cafe
- Writer’s Workbench
- WriteWay
- Writing Outliner
- yWriter