Best Writing Software
Use this helpful and easy-to-read chart to find the best writing software to fit your needs. Need help with character dialogue or visualizing your story? Buy a copy of Final Draft online, one of our best screenwriting software programs for scriptwriters. No matter your level of experience or type of writing project, our book writing and film making software offers essential tools for any writer or filmmaker. We have novel writing software to help you organize, write, and perfect your story or script. Utilize our top writing software and start writing a story today!
| Storyist | Final Draft 8 | Writer's DreamKit | Montage | Truby’s Blockbuster 6.0 | Dramatica Pro 4.1 | PowerStructure | Contour | Storybase | Scene Tracker Template | |
| Character Dialogue | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Setting | ✓ | |||||||||
| Outlining | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Text Formatting | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Import/Export function | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Search tool | ✓ | |||||||||
| Timeline View | ✓ | |||||||||
| Auto-Correction tool | ✓ | |||||||||
| Visual Index Cards | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Thesaurus/Dictionary | ✓ | |||||||||
| Text-to-speech tool | ✓ | |||||||||
| Theme, plot and character creation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Action, comedy, and horror genres | ✓ | |||||||||
| Windows Vista Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Windows XP Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Windows 7 Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Mac Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |