Quip offers free apps for iOS and Android, so you get full online, mobile writing options. It shines as a collaborative tool - great for anyone doing some kind of group writing project.
Prefer working with other writers? Quip is a free, communal online office suite with word processing and spreadsheets. Novlr is also a relatively new entry with a clean interface and Scrivener-esque sensibility. Plus, it has a distraction free writing option. Unlike Scrivener, since it’s Web-based and prepped for any screen, Novelize works for desktops, mobile device, and Web-only devices like a Chromebook. The cost is $5 per month or $45 for the year after a free 17-day trial.
The latest is Novelize, which works like an online-only version of Scrivener. Cool little startups are trying to make a big splash. Web-based writing tools aren’t limited to the big three-Google, Microsoft, and Apple. And don’t forget that Apple’s Pages program has an online version you can access at. Word users who want a mobile option probably should save docs to OneDrive and try Word for iPad, as one possible option. It looks a lot like the full-blown version of Word, but it’s in the browser, and OneDrive is used for online storage. Microsoft Word is also available online, as part of Office Online. (You can change the look with special themes). If you like the look of green-glowing type on black, the kind of thing we had 25 years ago on the Apple II, you’ll agree. The competition at WriteRoom (Mac, $9.99) has been called a “Spartan writing utopia” by the New York Times. While distraction-free on screen, the iA Writers are an attempt to get Apple product users writing with better workflow to the final product - in your case, a novel. On the Mac, there’s iA Writer (Mac, $9.99) - it’s so minimalist that you can’t even pick a font. Ain’t nobody got time for that - you’ve got words to write! To be fair, Microsoft Word, Scrivener, and most word processors have a full-screen mode that’ll do this, but their bells and whistles could still be a distraction. But to rid yourself of distractions, a breed of full-screen word processors, for installation on the desktop or to use on the Web, provide minimal disturbance - nothing appears on the screen except your story. The above are power tools for getting words down. Consider it if you like your apps old-school.
There’s also yWriter (Win/Mac/Linux, free), which does a lot of the above - tracking characters, chapters, and so on - but it’s looking pretty long in the tooth these days. Storyist also has tools to make outputting your final novel a breeze, for those who plan to self-publish. And a Storyist iOS app allows writing on the go, even on an iPhone. On the desktop, it comes with a component to make scripts that meet the Hollywood standard. It focuses on fiction writers, with specialized tools to track the plot, settings, and characters of your novel. Storyist (Mac, $59) is nipping at the heels of Scrivener. Whole books have been written on how to master the program, as it also can output books directly to self-publishing services such as Amazon Kindle Direct. That includes great corkboard outlining, story and script templates, and character files. Now available for Mac OS and Windows, it contains extras so specific to fiction writing that you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. You could also opt for a word processor that’s ultra-powerful and designed with novelists (like you) in mind. Pages can be accessed on the Web via (free, but you have to upgrade to iCloud Drive) or through an iOS app. It also happens to work with Microsoft Word documents. Mac users may prefer to stay with the home team, which means Pages, Apple’s own design-friendly word processor. There is no better tool for wordsmithing. All are available as part of the Microsoft Office 365 Personal subscription - you can’t even edit a document on iPad without a Microsoft Office account. Word is available for Windows, Mac, and a simplified version for iPad (the latter is “the first app that gets tablet-based word processing right,” according to our review). And of course, the primo processor in the world is Microsoft Word. There is one primary tool any writer needs: a word processor of some sort. You’ll have all the tools you need on hand to keep writing. But we can point out some of the absolute best software and apps you can get to make it all a little easier to write, plan, and count all those precious words.
We can’t help you with ideas, plots, or characters, not to mention the gumption to spend hours each day clicking on the keyboard.
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