A writer’s style is their own, and each writer prefers different tools in their belt. This is an incomplete list of the writing tools recommended by some of our members.
Word Processing
- Bibisco (free & paid options)
- Ellipsus (free)
- Google Docs (free)
- LibreOffice (free)
- Microsoft Word (paid & free options)
- Novlr (free & paid options)
- OpenOffice (free)
- The Quill (free for now)
- Quoll Writer (free)
- SmartEdit Writer/Atomic Scribbler (free)
- Writemonkey (free)
- yWriter (free)
Plotting & Planning
World Building
- Fantasia Archive
(free offline app) - Obsidian
(subscription & limited free options) - Watabou’s Procgen Arcana
(free, even for commercial use) - World Anvil (free)
Project Tracking
- myWriteClub (free)
- Excel Trackers by Svenja Gosen
(free & donation options) - TrackBear — (free)
Can import your NaNoWriMo projects! - WriteTrack (free)