Story Planner

Story Planner is a super handy tool for writers, especially if you’re looking to get your thoughts organized. Whether you’re working on a novel, screenplay, or even a short story, it’s got what you need to keep everything in check!

Organize Your Ideas with Ease

As soon as you fire up Story Planner on your Mac, you'll see its tab-based design. This makes it super easy to jump between different parts of your project—like characters, locations, and plots. It’s like having a whole writing office right at your fingertips!

A Helpful Dark Mode

If you love writing late at night or in low light, there’s a cool dark mode feature. You can switch it on easily from the Preferences menu so that those late-night writing sessions don’t strain your eyes.

Switch Projects Quickly

The app also has a Projects sidebar that lets you hop between different writing projects without missing a beat. If you're done with it for now, just click the sidebar button at the top left to hide it.

Keep Track of Your Story Elements

You can organize every aspect of your project with ease! Whether it's plotting out scenes or developing character traits, Story Planner helps keep everything neat and tidy.

Get Quick Stats Overview

A neat feature is the built-in statistics overview. This gives you insights into how many acts and scenes you've got going on along with info about key locations and characters!

Check Out More Features!

If you're curious about what else Story Planner can do, check out their full features page here!

A Few Drawbacks

No tool is perfect! While Story Planner does great things for writers who might feel stuck or unsure about their character's motivations, there are some areas that could use improvement. For instance, when editing character traits or other elements like plots and scenes, the text fields have set sizes which means scrolling can become necessary.

Your Muse Still Matters!

If you're hunting for an effective outlining tool for any kind of writing project, Story Planner will meet most of your needs! Just remember to bring your inspiration along because this app won’t write the story for you—sorry!