yWriter

yWriter is a Free story writing software. Writing a book is just like writing computer software. yWriter will generate a number of different reports from your scene and chapter summaries, from a Brief scene list to a comprehensive synopsis. If you update the `readiness` setting for each scene it will even generate a work schedule showing what you have to do to meet your DeadLine for the outline, first draft, first edit and second edit. yWriter also allows you to add scenes with no content - just type a brief description and you can pretend you`ve written it. This is great for the parts you`re not ready to write yet, or for when you get blocked. Skip over that part and come back later! Unfinished scenes, rough ideas ... it`s so much harder to keep track of them when they`re all pasted into one long word processing document. yWriter may look simple, but as the author of three books written with this tool I can guarantee it has everything needed to get a first draft together.Best of all, yWriter is free. Features:- Organise your novel using a `project`.- Add files to the project, each containing a chapter.- Add a summary to each file, showing the scenes in each chapter.- Print out summary cards, showing the structure of your novel.- Display the word count for every file in the project, along with a total.- Saves a log file every day, showing words per file and the total. (Tracks your Progress)- Saves automatic backups at user-specified intervals.- Allows multiple scenes within chapters- Viewpoint character, goal, conflict and outcome fields for each scene.- StoryBoard view, a visual layout of your work.- Re-order scenes within chapters.- MOVE scenes from one chapter to another.- Automatic chapter renumbering.