BrainStorm: accelerates thinking, writing and planning. Zoot. Thinklinkr. Five Open Source Apps For Writers and Authors. By Lisa Hoover - Jul. 17, 2009Comments (9) Even if you have the perfect idea for the next Great American Novel, getting it down on paper is never easy. While you could always use standard word processors like OpenOffice Write or AbiWord, they don't have the bells and whistles that make writing books, manuals, and theses as easy as possible. Fortunately, there are a few open source applications that help budding authors get stories out of their heads and into the hands of readers. Kabikaboo - This recursive writing assistant is perfect for managing large documents, technical manuals, and long novels. It arranges data in tree-form so parent modules, their children, and their grandchildren can be easily moved around and rearranged.
Though Kabikaboo won't help you with text editing, it's perfect for getting your thoughts in order before diving into a complicated writing project. Storybook - Any author or novelist will tell you writing a book is a complicated affair. PageFour - Software for Novelists and Creative Writers - Tabbed. Because it's NOT a business product. Because it doesn't dazzle you with 1001 features that you'll never use.
Because you can't insert a graph, or embed a table within a table. PageFour was designed creatively for creative writers. Organize your work in a way that suits you. Place your character summaries and plot outlines wherever you wish. Chapters and notes, all at your fingertips. PageFour is a tabbed word processor, outliner, and organizer for writers. Create a separate Notebook for each novel and another for your Blog or Journal. New in 2013! << Visit the SmartEdit Website >> << Read Reviews of SmartEdit from Published Authors >> SmartEdit is a new product from Bad Wolf Software, with no links to PageFour.
Smart-Edit - Scan for over used phrases and words PageFour's Smart-Edit works as a starting point when you begin to edit your work. Lists words and phrases that occur again and again. Celtx - #1 Choice for Media Pre-Production.