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Copyscape - http://www.copyscape.com/
Search engine to locate duplicated materials on the Internet. |
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WriteExpress Corporation - http://www.writeexpress.com/
Writing tools for amateurs and professionals. |
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WordWeb Pro - http://wordweb.info
Thesaurus and dictionary for Windows with word and anagram finder. |
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The Writers Store - http://www.writersstore.com
For screenwriting software, creative writing, TV movie script and screenplay production software. |
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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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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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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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Anthemion Software Home - http://www.anthemion.co.uk/
Storylines and Writer's Cafe: software for writers. |
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WhiteSmoke Text Enrichment - http://www.whitesmoke.com/
Instant, full-text analysis solution, providing context-related language enrichment. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Great Dialogue Software - http://www.greatdialogue.com
Shows how to write dialogue, whether comic or dramatic. Gives techniques, and examples. |
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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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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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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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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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WritingLinks.com - http://www.writinglinks.com
A portal of writing software resources, links and information. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Writer's Companion - http://www.writerscomp.com/
Brainstorm, organize, edit and publish your ideas in one program. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Manuscript Studio - http://www.manuscriptstudio.com
Technology for writers publishing their own work or presenting a finished manuscript to publishers, periodicals and agents. |