Quoll Writer is a desktop writing environment for novels and other long-form fiction. It keeps manuscript text together with the supporting information that accumulates around a project, while avoiding the page-layout emphasis of a conventional word processor.
Projects can contain chapters alongside characters, locations and other user-defined assets. The application also provides tools for planning, revision and measuring writing progress, making it useful beyond the initial drafting stage.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Organise books into chapters and move chapters as the manuscript structure develops.
- Create characters, locations and custom asset types with user-defined information fields.
- Track where assets are mentioned throughout the manuscript.
- Add scenes and plot outline items to mark important points within chapters.
- Attach standard notes or mark selected passages as requiring later revision.
- Record, categorise and rate ideas before converting useful ones into project material.
- Use full-screen and distraction-free modes with configurable writing targets.
- Analyse text with the Problem Finder using configurable rules.
- Track word counts, readability and writing sessions using statistics and charts.
- Import DOCX documents and export projects to DOCX, EPUB and HTML.
- Use integrated spell checking and synonym lookup.
- Protect work through automatic saves, configurable backups and optional project encryption.
Website: quollwriter.com
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Developer: Gary Bentley
License: Apache License 2.0
Quoll Writer is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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