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 community members.
Word Processing
- Bibisco (free & paid options)
- Ellipsus (free & committed to zero-AI)
- 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
Project Tracking
- RW FAVORITE: TrackBear — (free)
World Building
- Fantasia Archive
(free offline app) - Obsidian
(subscription & limited free options) - Watabou’s Procgen Arcana
(free, even for commercial use) - World Anvil (free)
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