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Textalyser - http://textalyser.net/
An online service that allows entry of text or a website. Displays readability analysis, including reading level, sentence length and word counts. |
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AcroWizard - http://www.acrowizard.com/
AcroWizard can create a database and table of acronyms from your document in about 10 seconds. Free trial version offered. |
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Spacejock Software - http://www.spacejock.com/
Free software designed to help authors put together the snippets, outlines, fragments and chapters that go into a finished novel. Also offers stock charting software, an ebook reader, a mp3 and ogg player, text to speech, and stock market data. |
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WordCounter - http://www.wordcounter.com
Ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use it to find keywords, or just to see what words you overuse. Free to use online, not a download. |
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English Language Online Tools - http://www.online-utility.org/english/index.jsp
Readability tests: detect frequently used words, complicated vocabulary. |
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Writing Help Tools - http://www.writinghelptools.com
Reviews of writing tools on the Net for letter writing, resume writing, business writing, and general writing. |
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http://cyclos.com/hi-note.htm - http://cyclos.com/hi-note.htm
Outline and brainstorm on the go. Create notes and subnotes, similar to topics and sub-topics used in other programs, on your Palm Pilot. Easily incorporates graphics as well as text. |
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WritingLinks.com - http://www.writinglinks.com
A portal of writing software resources, links and information. |
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EaZy Paper - http://www.eazypaper.com
Formats your new and existing papers in the Turabian and Chicago Manual of Style formats. |
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Storybase - http://www.storybase.net/
Provides a dictionary of narrative writing prompts that can be personalized by each user. |
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Great Dialogue Software - http://www.greatdialogue.com
Shows how to write dialogue, whether comic or dramatic. Gives techniques, and examples. |
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WriteItNow - http://www.ravensheadservices.com/
Write and store complete novels. Keeps track of characters, events, locations, and ideas. Provides timeline charts, spell checker and manuscript submission tracker. PC and Macintosh computers. |
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http://returnself.com/ - http://returnself.com/
Create outlines, tracks characters, allows editing, revision and annotation of sections of text, and tracks submissions. [Mac OS X] |
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Liquid Story Binder - http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com
Designed for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and screenwriters. Features include: spellchecking, thesaurus, document indexing, checklists, image gallery, notes, multiple backups. |
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The WritePro Corporation - http://www.writepro.com/
Free professional advice and resources for writers, fiction and nonfiction. Free creative writing tutorial software. |
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StoryCraft Writer's Software - http://www.writerspage.com/
Story development software. Also online writer's courses in novel and screenwriting. |
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eMediaAdmin - http://www.reedmedia.net/software/emediaadmin/
Software for publishing online magazines and newspapers. Creates article webpages, table of contents and chronological archive webpages using customizable templates. |
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PageFour - http://www.softwareforwriting.com
Word processing package designed for writers. It emphasises features used by creative writers, while ignoring the business oriented functionality of the larger word processors. |
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StyleEase - http://www.styleease.com
From Guilford Publications. Formats text and pops in references in MLA style. For term papers, journal articles, theses, and dissertations. |
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Mindola Software - http://www.mindola.com/
Miss Lonelynotes helps manage writing projects using a simulation of 3x5 note cards. Includes character tracking and plot references. Windows SP/200 and Mac OS X Panther. |
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Intellectus Enterprises - http://www.intellectusenterprises.com/
Idea Tracker, for customizing, organizing, sorting, filtering ideas, thoughts and notes. Free trial available. [Windows only] |
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WordNet-Online - http://www.wordnet-online.com/downloads/
Free dictionary and hierarchical thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms, derived forms and sample sentences. |
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WordDog Plain English Editor - http://www.worddog.com
Searches Word documents for wordy phrases, redundancies, ambiguous words, outworn expressions, formal language, cliches, and suggests crisp, clear plain language alternatives that everyone can understand. |
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Character Pro for Writers 2.0 - http://www.characterpro.com
A creative writing tool designed to help writers create great story characters. Newsletter available. |
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FictionFixer - http://www.fictionfixer.com/
Service involving software analysis which tracks 250 characteristics of bestselling novels to define a model of what readers desire. Corresponding aspects of one's manuscript are matched to this paradigm or to a specific work. |
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Writer's Blocks - http://www.writersblocks.com
Assists with the development and organization of written material. |
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McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme - http://www.bryantmcgill.com/Free_Rhyming_Dictionary/
Free software version of this 14-volume authoritative reference work, offering a subset of the publication's entries in order to encourage and popularize poetry. |
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Power Structure - http://www.write-brain.com/power_structure_main.htm
Provides several different views allowing the writer to organize and study his work from the perspective of plot, character, and other customizable settings. |
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WareFore Analysis - http://www.warefore.com/
printMSS - manuscript processing software for the professional writer. [Windows] |
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WriteThis - http://www.theprint.dk/writethis.html
Small freeware tool for writers. Generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and criteria. |
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NoTypos.com - http://www.notypos.com
Medical spell checker for Microsoft Word. For transcription, notes, reports, and anything medical. Free trial version. |
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Story Wizard - http://www.storywizard.co.uk
Writing software feeds the imaginative mind with ideas for plot lines, characters and places. |
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Writer's Companion - http://www.writerscomp.com/
Brainstorm, organize, edit and publish your ideas in one program. |
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Readability Software Online - http://readability.online-web-software.com
Web based readability software that compares your writing with how often the words appear in the Inernet. |
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The Working Writer - http://dolphinsoftware.bc.ca/software/writers/index.html
Software that tracks the business of freelance writing from query letter to paycheck. |
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ScholarWord - http://scholarword.com/product.htm
An MS Word integration which facilitates writing in MLA, APA, CBE or Chicago styles, rapidly citing sources, and accurate editing. Download free trial for Mac or PC. |
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Recipes for Word - http://www.recipes4word.com
Software for the fiction, nonfiction and student/ scholars. Grammatical style checker, literary agent database, are available. |
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Self-Publishers Affordable System - http://geocities.com/cguyspage/
Explains the home based publishing system which allows everyone to produce their own professional book inexpensively and in any number they want. Sample books on display. |
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ClipWords - http://epigraphics.com/
Search, edit, combine, or cut and paste entries and move them into any Windows or Mac application. From Epigraphics. |
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123Ezine - http://123ezine.com
Creates a newsletter template, any newsletter design or format, text or web. Creates and manages back issues together with uploading to web sites. |
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Manuscript Studio - http://www.manuscriptstudio.com
Technology for writers publishing their own work or presenting a finished manuscript to publishers, periodicals and agents. |
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IdeaMason - http://www.ideamason.com
Assists in the creative and technical aspects of writing, including idea and source management, bibliographical citations in APA, MLA and Chicago, composition organization, and research administration. |
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Ars Lexis Software - http://arslexis.com/
Expandable and adaptable dictionary and thesaurus designed for use on Palm-platform handheld devices. The base dictionary has 122,000 words defined. The programs are memory-efficient. |
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The Sandbaggers - http://www.sandbaggers.8m.com/dossamm.htm
Automated manuscript management software for DOS. |
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WriterScreen Software - http://www.digitizedi.com/writerscreen/writerscreen.htm
A writer-friendly program that retain all your story writing in one place. Keeping your thoughts free and organized as you develop your story. |