Want to write a novel? This mobile-friendly writing app is on sale for less than $20.
If the next Great American Novel is strewn upon your desk in stacks of papers and Post-It notes marked up with half-legible scribbles, meet your saving grace: Storyist for Mac.
This word processor is different than the Microsoft Office 2007 that's been sitting on your laptop for eons in that it's a mobile-friendly writing platform specifically designed for fiction writers. Within the app, you'll find framework and stylesheet templates designed to help manage complicated projects like screenplays, though you can also customize your manuscripts to best suit your distinct writing process.
You want features? Storyist's got plenty: Its user-friendly interface lets you import images, add comments, insert smart quotes, and even pop in a couple headers and footers if you feel like it. All of this can be viewed in the Outliner toolbar to help you organize and illustrate your brilliant thoughts. Plus, its auto-complete feature lets you automatically add scene introductions, locations, times, character names, and transitions, helping you make the best use of your precious time and energy. These tools are available on Storyist's desktop and mobile apps because you never know when inspiration will strike.
Once your word count is (finally) reached — which you'll be able to track right on Storyist — you can export a piece as a Final Draft FDX or Fountain script and ship it off. Or, if you're feeling particularly confident in your manifesto, you can just bite the bullet and self-publish your work as an ebook.
Get those creative juices flowing and head over to the Mashable Shop, where you'll find Storyist for Mac on sale for just $19 — a budget-friendly deal that saves you nearly 70%.
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