Software

Hi-Note - Outline and brainstorm on the go. Create notes and subnotes, similar to topics and sub-topics used in other programs, on your Palm Pilot. Easily incorporates graphics as well as text.
http://cyclos.com/hi-note.htm

Intellectus Enterprises - Idea Tracker, for customizing, organizing, sorting, filtering ideas, thoughts and notes. Free trial available. [Windows only]
http://www.intellectusenterprises.com/

NoTypos.com - Medical spell checker for Microsoft Word. For transcription, notes, reports, and anything medical. Free trial version.
http://www.notypos.com

WriteExpress Corporation - Writing tools for amateurs and professionals.
http://www.writeexpress.com/

Readability Software Online - Web based readability software that compares your writing with how often the words appear in the Inernet.
http://readability.online-web-software.com

The Writers Store - For screenwriting software, creative writing, TV movie script and screenplay production software.
http://writersstore.com/

StoryCraft Writer's Software - Story development software. Also online writer's courses in novel and screenwriting.
http://www.writerspage.com/

AcroWizard - AcroWizard can create a database and table of acronyms from your document in about 10 seconds. Free trial version offered.
http://www.acrowizard.com/

Spacejock Software - Free software designed to help authors put together the snippets, outlines, fragments and chapters that go into a finished novel. Also offers stock charting software, an ebook reader, a mp3 and ogg player, text to speech, and stock market data.
http://www.spacejock.com/

Newnovelist - Breaks down the process of writing into manageable chunks, to help experienced and novice writers complete a novel.
http://www.newnovelist.com

eMediaAdmin - Software for publishing online magazines and newspapers. Creates article webpages, table of contents and chronological archive webpages using customizable templates.
http://www.reedmedia.net/software/emediaadmin/

WordDog Plain English Editor - Searches Word documents for wordy phrases, redundancies, ambiguous words, outworn expressions, formal language, cliches, and suggests crisp, clear plain language alternatives that everyone can understand.
http://www.worddog.com

Character Pro for Writers 2.0 - A creative writing tool designed to help writers create great story characters. Newsletter available.
http://www.characterpro.com

Avenir - Create outlines, tracks characters, allows editing, revision and annotation of sections of text, and tracks submissions. [Mac OS X]
http://returnself.com/

Self-Publishers Affordable System - Explains the home based publishing system which allows everyone to produce their own professional book inexpensively and in any number they want. Sample books on display.
http://geocities.com/cguyspage/

WhiteSmoke Text Enrichment - Instant, full-text analysis solution, providing context-related language enrichment.
http://www.whitesmoke.com/

WriteThis - Small freeware tool for writers. Generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and criteria.
http://www.theprint.dk/writethis.html

English Language Online Tools - Readability tests: detect frequently used words, complicated vocabulary.
http://www.online-utility.org/english/index.jsp

WriterScreen Software - A writer-friendly program that retain all your story writing in one place. Keeping your thoughts free and organized as you develop your story.
http://www.digitizedi.com/writerscreen/writerscreen.htm

RhymeZone - Online rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.rhymezone.com/

ClipWords - Search, edit, combine, or cut and paste entries and move them into any Windows or Mac application. From Epigraphics.
http://epigraphics.com/

MasterFreelancer - Web store for writers and creative professionals.
http://www.masterfreelancer.com

The WritePro Corporation - Free professional advice and resources for writers, fiction and nonfiction. Free creative writing tutorial software.
http://www.writepro.com/

IdeaMason - Assists in the creative and technical aspects of writing, including idea and source management, bibliographical citations in APA, MLA and Chicago, composition organization, and research administration.
http://www.ideamason.com

Mindola Software - Miss Lonelynotes helps manage writing projects using a simulation of 3x5 note cards. Includes character tracking and plot references. Windows SP/200 and Mac OS X Panther.
http://www.mindola.com/

Writer's Companion - Brainstorm, organize, edit and publish your ideas in one program.
http://www.writerscomp.com/

WriteItNow - Write and store complete novels. Keeps track of characters, events, locations, and ideas. Provides timeline charts, spell checker and manuscript submission tracker. PC and Macintosh computers.
http://www.ravensheadservices.com/

FictionFixer - Service involving software analysis which tracks 250 characteristics of bestselling novels to define a model of what readers desire. Corresponding aspects of one's manuscript are matched to this paradigm or to a specific work.
http://www.fictionfixer.com/

Manuscript Studio - Technology for writers publishing their own work or presenting a finished manuscript to publishers, periodicals and agents.
http://www.manuscriptstudio.com

WareFore Analysis - printMSS - manuscript processing software for the professional writer. [Windows]
http://www.warefore.com/

Liquid Story Binder - Designed for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and screenwriters. Features include: spellchecking, thesaurus, document indexing, checklists, image gallery, notes, multiple backups.
http://www.blackobelisksoftware.com

Ars Lexis Software - Expandable and adaptable dictionary and thesaurus designed for use on Palm-platform handheld devices. The base dictionary has 122,000 words defined. The programs are memory-efficient.
http://arslexis.com/

Storybase - Provides a dictionary of narrative writing prompts that can be personalized by each user.
http://www.storybase.net/

The Working Writer - Software that tracks the business of freelance writing from query letter to paycheck.
http://dolphinsoftware.bc.ca/software/writers/index.html

Writing Help Tools - Reviews of writing tools on the Net for letter writing, resume writing, business writing, and general writing.
http://www.writinghelptools.com

WordNet-Online - Free dictionary and hierarchical thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, holonyms, derived forms and sample sentences.
http://www.wordnet-online.com/downloads/

StyleEase - From Guilford Publications. Formats text and pops in references in MLA style. For term papers, journal articles, theses, and dissertations.
http://www.styleease.com

Biography Software Corporation - The personal author system combines biography and genealogy research tools along with biography writing and publishing tools.
http://www.personalauthor.com/800/indexns.cfm

Editor Software - StyleWriter, the plain English editor. The Electronic Writing Course and an Electronic House Style. Information and advice on writing in plain language plus a free trial.
http://www.editorsoftware.com/

WordCounter - Ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use it to find keywords, or just to see what words you overuse. Free to use online, not a download.
http://www.wordcounter.com

123Ezine - Creates a newsletter template, any newsletter design or format, text or web. Creates and manages back issues together with uploading to web sites.
http://123ezine.com

PageFour - Word processing package designed for writers. It emphasises features used by creative writers, while ignoring the business oriented functionality of the larger word processors.
http://www.softwareforwriting.com

McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme - Free software version of this 14-volume authoritative reference work, offering a subset of the publication's entries in order to encourage and popularize poetry.
http://www.bryantmcgill.com/Free_Rhyming_Dictionary/

The Sandbaggers - Automated manuscript management software for DOS.
http://www.sandbaggers.8m.com/dossamm.htm

EaZy Paper - Formats your new and existing papers in the Turabian and Chicago Manual of Style formats.
http://www.eazypaper.com

Power Structure - Provides several different views allowing the writer to organize and study his work from the perspective of plot, character, and other customizable settings.
http://www.write-brain.com/power_structure_main.htm

Writer's Blocks - Assists with the development and organization of written material.
http://www.writersblocks.com

WritingLinks.com - A portal of writing software resources, links and information.
http://www.writinglinks.com

Great Dialogue Software - Shows how to write dialogue, whether comic or dramatic. Gives techniques, and examples.
http://www.greatdialogue.com

Recipes for Word - Software for the fiction, nonfiction and student/ scholars. Grammatical style checker, literary agent database, are available.
http://www.recipes4word.com

ScholarWord - An MS Word integration which facilitates writing in MLA, APA, CBE or Chicago styles, rapidly citing sources, and accurate editing. Download free trial for Mac or PC.
http://scholarword.com/product.htm

Story Wizard - Writing software feeds the imaginative mind with ideas for plot lines, characters and places.
http://www.storywizard.co.uk

Anthemion Software Home - Storylines and Writer's Cafe: software for writers.
http://www.anthemion.co.uk/

WordWeb Pro - Thesaurus and dictionary for Windows with word and anagram finder.
http://wordweb.info

Copyscape - Search engine to locate duplicated materials on the Internet.
http://www.copyscape.com/

Textalyser - An online service that allows entry of text or a website. Displays readability analysis, including reading level, sentence length and word counts.
http://textalyser.net/