Writing Software – Using Technology to Improve your Writing Skills

March 26, 2013 by pfeifer

One of the more popular purchases made by both professional and amateur writers is writing software. Many programs exist to help with plotting stories, organizing research, developing characters, and improving your writing skills. We have created a directory of all the writing publications we could find, and put them all together for you on our Writing Software page.

Note that for those of you interested in writing scripts for movies, television, or plays, we have created a separate directory of Scriptwriting Software.

If you know of a program that didn’t make it into our list, please let us know so we can update our directory. The most current list will always be found on our Writing Software page, but the list of programs as of today is also listed below.

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