Adobe Story Alternatives

Manuskript

Manuskript is an open-source tool for writers, with outliner, character management, plot development, distraction-free editor, etc. Outliner Organize your thoughts and snippets in a hierarchical manner. Organize them as you wish, reorganize them on the go. Distraction-free mode Get rid of all distraction while writing. Set personal goal in word count or time before you can leave editor.

Features:

• Distraction free writing
• Outliner
• Tracking of characters
• File-organization
• Outline folding
• Track Characters
• Tracking of locations
• Tracking of plots
• Tree structure
• Visual timeline
• Flat File CMS
• MarkDown support
• Notetaking
• Revision History
• Export to ePub
• Export to PDF
• Social media collaboration
• Visual Organization
• Wordpress integration
• Writing tool

Celtx

Based on the Firefox engine, supports standards, visual storyboarding, production scheduling, publication & international languages MUI support. Free tutorials, videos & wiki are available from the site. There is a very helpful community too. Portable versions: jacob-koehler.de/projekte/portable-celtx/en/ freesmug.org/portableapps:celtx portableapps.

Features:

• Real time collaboration
• Text formatting

Trelby

Trelby is simple, fast and elegantly laid out to make screenwriting simple. It is infinitely configurable. * Screenplay editor: Enforces correct script format and pagination, auto-completion, and spell checking. * Multiplatform : Behaves identically on all platforms, generating the exact same output. * Choice of view: Multiple views, including draft view, WYSIWYG mode, and fullscreen to suit your writing style.

Features:

• Customizable
• Writing tool
• WYSIWYG Support

Final Draft

Use your creative energy to focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics and stage plays.

Features:

• Scriptwriting Assistant
• Brainstorming
• Collaborative writing
• Export to PDF
• Text to Speech
• Writing tool

KIT Scenarist

KIT Scenarist is a free and open source application for creating screenplays on desktops and commercial on mobiles. KIT Scenarist is a fully-featured studio for creating movie screenplays.

Features:

• Auto Formatting
• Collaborative writing
• Multiple languages
• Real time collaboration

True Novelist

Writing a novel is a large undertaking. True Novelist was created to make the process as easy as possible for authors.

Features:

• Auto-saving
• Customizable
• Divides to infinite sub-divisions
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Outliner
• Writing tool

TinkerList

The first unified platform for creative television makers. Propel through the content production chain and enjoy making television together, faster! A unified online collaborative platform for TV and Radio creation. Write scripts with automatic formatting, create rundowns, organise content, plan and schedule your TV & Radio shows. Be in sync with all devices, always, in the studio or on location. Include timings, director's notes, rich media and other data in your script.

Features:

• Cloud based
• Collaborative writing
• Real time collaboration
• TV Shows

Fade In

Fade In Professional Screenwriting Software is a complete application for writing motion picture screenplays, including tools for outlining, organizing, and navigating, plus extensive screenplay formatting and robust tools for managing rewrites and revisions.

Features:

• Compatible with Final Draft
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Real time collaboration
• Writing tool

Highland

*** 2013 Macworld Eddy Winner! - Best of 2013 *** With Highland, crafting a perfectly-formatted screenplay is as simple as writing an email. Just type. Highland will make it look good. Created by acclaimed screenwriter John August (Big Fish, Frankenweenie), Highland works its magic on plain text, allowing you to focus on the writing. "The old apps force you to do all the formatting. They feel like relics of a different time -- bloated and slow to get updated.

Practical Scriptwriter

Assisted writing with powerful auto formatting. Script formats supported include UK and US Screenplay, Stage Play, TV Show Episode, Scene Style Radio Play, Taped Drama (BBC), Taped Sitcom (BBC) and a paper saving Green Draft (for proof reading). Includes character notes, an outliner and a treatment editor. Practical Scriptwriter is different from traditional word processors in that your dialog and stage direction are held in a neutral format.