Storyist

Storyist is a writing and story development application designed for novelists, screenwriters, and long-form writers who need more structure than a standard word processor. It combines a full-featured word processor with tools for planning, organizing, and revising complex projects. Writers can create and manage manuscripts, screenplays, and story collections, keeping chapters, scenes, notes, and research materials in a single, organized project file.

The tool provides a project outline view, allowing users to structure stories by chapters and scenes, rearrange sections easily, and maintain an overview of plot progression. Dedicated character and setting sheets help track biographies, relationships, locations, and other story details, reducing continuity errors and supporting world-building. Storyist also supports index cards and a corkboard view, enabling visual planning of plot points and story beats.