I use something no-one has mentioned, LyX. I'm not familiar with the English GUI of Papyrus Autor. I added these two applications to the list for German users, of which there are plenty on this site. Both come with the best available German spell and grammar check (from Duden, which otherwise is only available as a paid plugin for MS Word or InDesign) as well as with a style analysis devised by German author Andreas Eschbach (and described on his website). Patchwork is a new software from Austria with the richest set of features among all writing software (all of which can be activated or deactivated according to personal needs, so they don't in fact overwhelm) which has been greeted with enthusiastic user reviews. Papyrus Autor is a German software that has been around since 1992 and has become the most widely used writing software among German-speaking authors. Which one fits your personal needs best is something that you have to decide by studying the respective websites and testing the demo versions.

That is, to my knowledge this is the best software out there. I can personally highly recommend all of the directly linked software (I don't now about the other screenwriting software listed on the Wikipedia page), and they are all often recommended by other writers (if they use specialized software at all and not MS Word, Open Office / Libre Office Writer, or a plain text editor).

and more on en./wiki/Screenwriting_software.

I use Word primarily as my middle man since I can't directly export from Scrivener to AutoCrit. In summary, when I work I take notes in OneNote (and probably Scrapple sometime soon), write in Scrivener, and edit in AutoCrit. While designed for business names, it works great for crazy names.

Lastly, if you are writing science fiction or fantasy you might need some wacky names. I got it on sale for winning NaNoWriMo, but I think I pay for it anyways if I hadn't. It has advanced editing features that help find your writing style problems. With a free mobile app, it is perfect for using when inspiration comes.įor editing, I use AutoCrit.

I currently use OneNote (also part of Office). I personally haven't used it, but I will probably buy it sometime soon. You can find it here.Īs a side note, if you are looking for something to jot down ideas, the same people that made Scrivener also made Scrapple. Organization is a breeze, full screen mode is awesome, and tons of tools are built in (including random name generation). Scrivener doesn't have the best editing tools, but it is made for writing and it is overall amazing. If you desperately needed a good spell checker, though, Word is the way to go. I love Word, however writing in it is unorganized and messy. This is definitely a touching question considering how much time writers spend on their computers.

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