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About

Scyn is a visual plot-mapping tool for novelists. The surface is a causal graph, not a timeline grid. Each scene is a node, and when one event produces another you draw a directional link from the first to the second. A node carries a title, an optional description, a chapter or act tag, and a colour. Links can carry a short label. Filters narrow the map by act, chapter, or colour. Story Mode reads the same map back in chapter order. Scyn is web only. There is no desktop or mobile app and no manuscript editor. It is a plot logic layer, not a writing suite, so it sits alongside Scrivener, Dabble, or a word processor rather than replacing them. The free plan needs no card and has no time limit: one novel, 100 scenes, 200 links, 5 restorable versions, PNG export. Pro is $4.99/month or $49/year and adds unlimited projects, 1,000 scenes and 2,000 links per map, Story Mode, Cast and Places, unlisted sharing with 5 collaborators, 30 versions, PDF and DOCX export.

About

SmartEdit Writer, free software for novel and short story writers. A free software to plan your novel, prepare and maintain research material, write your novel scene by scene, and edit chapter by chapter in a modern Windows application that has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Word. Store images & links to websites, all in a handy research section that sits right next to you as you write. Create character profiles, outlines & notes as you work. No more 100,000 word Microsoft documents. Write your novel one scene or chapter at a time. Drag and drop scenes inside your document until it’s just the way you want it. Identify word and phrase over-use, monitor adverbs, crutch words & clichés, and improve sentence structure & punctuation, all using SmartEdit’s editor toolbar. SmartEdit Writer allows you to group your work-in-progress and any research you’ve built up about it into a single project. Add folders, scenes, and notes to your document tree.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Novelists and fiction writers planning plot structure

Audience

Novel and short story writers interested in a free solution to write their novel scene by scene and edit chapter by chapter

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

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Pricing

$0
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$77 one-time payment
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It doesn't need the internet, and it's free. The editing tools are the main attraction, IMO. If you are trying to avoid AI tools, it has a bunch of great monitoring tools that are not AI, similar to ProWritingAid or Hemingway. Shows a list of your word and phrase repetitions, all adverbs you used, redundancies, misused words, homonyms, "new" and "knew", "less than" and "fewer than" shows a list of your cliches, dialogue tags, proper nouns, acronyms, risque words and phrases, all words and phrases used to begin sentences. Shows extra-long sentences. Shows all the punctuations you used, etc, etc
  • At first I was quite pleased with it design, workflow, easy to get to know it. I got into developing and creating a story pretty easily.

Cons

  • I wish it exported to HTML. It's rarely updated (but it's still easy to find).
  • 8 days later, suddenly all text from every single scene, and I mean all = 100%, had vanished. Characters were still there, but what to do, when all the flesh has left? No copy or saved files could be opened or reopened and if only the emptied project was there. Hours went on and that was it. I could not retrieve a single word. I should have copied every line to whatever text program and save it elsewhere.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Scyn
scyn.app

Company Information

SmartEdit
Ireland
www.smart-edit.com/Writer/

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Categories

Writing Supported

Categories

Word Processors Supported
Writing Supported

Integrations

Microsoft 365 Not Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
SmartEdit Pro Not Supported

Integrations

Microsoft 365 Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
SmartEdit Pro Supported
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