Software for writers falls into two main categories - specialised word processors (mostly for script writing) and utilities (such as character generators, plotting aids etc.) The following list has been culled from the Internet, but apart from Write It Now none of them have been tested. The prices were correct in early July 2002, but are likely to vary. All software is for the PC unless otherwise noted. Many have demonstration or trial versions - these are marked DEMO
Word Procesors - General
Atlantis ($27) Shareware
and freeware versions
Bookwriter
($29) DEMO
Bookwrite
(Template for Word) $129.95
Rough Draft Free writers'
word processor (but donations appreciated) DEMO
Z-Write
- the creative writer's word processor for the Apple Mac DEMO
Word Processors - Script Writing
PlayWright
(Word template for stage plays) $129.99
PlayWrite
Processor (Add-on for MS Word) $295 DEMO
Scriptware $299.99 but some special
offers DEMO
ScriptWright
screenplay template for Word $99.95 - $129.95
Utilities
Character Naming Software
$19.95
Fiction Master - Sol Stein goes
to work on your text - from $179
New Novelist - Start writing
your novel £39.99
Power Structure story development
software $179
Reference
Manager - build bibliographies without leaving your word processor
£175 DEMO
Write It Now
- Read the Review - develop and name characters,
record location and plot details and more £19.95 DEMO
Other
Stylewriter
- works from within your processor to improve your writing £110 DEMO
WriteExpress
Rhyming Dictionary Software $24.95