Quick access to the most popular writer's software categories: Fiction | Grammar Checking | Wills | Speaking | Novel | Screenwriting | Book Formatting | Editing/Revision | Essay Writing | Grant Writing | Non-Fiction | Book Proposals | Story Board | Project Management | Sermon | Prescriptions
BEST GOAL WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing your goals)
Goal Writer
MindMedia, 849 Almar Avenue, Suite C-125, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
phone: 800-818-9445
email: bruce@mindmedia.com
BEST GRAMMAR CHECKING SOFTWARE
(writing software for style, usage, and/or grammar checking)
StyleWriter
Editor Software, Woodmancote House, 64 Woodmancote, Dursley GL114AQ United
Kingdom
phone: 44-1453-548409
fax: 44-1453-544717
email: writersupercenter@yahoo.com
BEST GRANT WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing grant proposals)
Grant Writing Software
Particia Rife and Associates, 1134 Makawao Avenue, Suite 103-205, Makawao, HI 96768
phone: 808-573-4134
email: envision@maui.net
GrantMaster
Campagne Associates, 491 Amherst Street, Nashua, NH 03063
phone: 800-582-3489
fax: 603-595-8776
email: info@campagne.com
BEST GREETING CARDS WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing greeting cards)
QuickCards
Connectix Corp., 2655 Campus Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403
phone: 800-950-5880
BEST HTML WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing html pages)
Hot Dog
Sausage Software
BEST HUMOROUS PHRASE WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing humorous sentences and phrases)
Off the Wall
The Salinon Corp., 7424 Greenville Avenue, Suite 115, Dallas, TX 75231
phone: 214/692-9091
BEST HYPERTEXT WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing hypertext)
StorySpace
Eastgate Systems, 134 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02172
phone: 800-562-1638
fax: 617-924-9051
email: info@eastgate.com
Story Vision
Story Vision, 171 Pier Avenue, Suite 204, Santa Monica, CA 90405
phone: 310-392-5090
email: StoryVision@aol.com
BEST INDEX CARD WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing on, or transferring to, index cards)
BEST INTERNET/INTRANET-BASED TRAINING WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for internet/intranet-based training)
IBT author
Docent Software Inc., 3180 Porter Dr., Bldg. B, Suite A, Palo Alto, CA 94304
phone: 650-813-6200
email: sales@docent.com
BEST INTERVIEW-WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing interviews)
MicNotePad
Nirvana Research, P.O. Box 5249, Santa Cruz, CA 95063-5249
phone: 408-459-8307
fax: 408-425-1141
email: nirvana@got.net
BEST JOB-DESCRIPTION WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing job descriptions)
Descriptions Write Now
JobSketch
Position Description Generator
BEST LETTER WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing letters)
American Handbook of Business Letters
Nova Development Corp., 23801 Calabasus Rd., Suite 2005, Calabasas, CA 91302
phone: 800-395-6682
fax: 818-591-8885
Instant Business Letters
Lightningword Corp., 1601 Civic Center Drive, Suite 206, Santa Clara, CA 95050
phone: 408-241-3677
fax: 408-248-3117
Personal Letterworks and Business Letterworks
Round Lake Publishing, 31 Bailey Avenue, Ridgefield, CT 06877-4533
phone: 203-431-9696
Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
Streetwise Software, 2116 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 230, Santa Monica, CA 90403- 5707
phone: 310-829-7827
fax: 310-828-8258
BEST LYRIC WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing lyrics)
MusicProse
Coda Music Technology, 6210 Bury Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55346-1718
phone: 800-843-2066
BEST MEMORANDA WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for writing memoranda and other business communication)
BEST MULTIMEDIA WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing multimedia scripts)
Laser Director
Soft Pubs Inc., 4648 Curtiss Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
phone: 757-363-2550
email: softpubs@swva.net
BEST NEWSWRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing news copy)
Senior High Writing Series: Newswriting
Mindplay
You Be the Reporter
Educational Activities
BEST NEWSWRITING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
(writing software for managing newswriting)
SunType Editorial Story Management
Synaptic Micro Solutions Co-op
phone: 800/526-6547
BEST NON-FICTION WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for writing non-fiction)
BEST NOVEL FORMATTING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting novels)
BEST NOVEL WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing novels)
StoryCraft Story Development Software
phone: 800/701-2560
email: ibstory@exis.net
BEST OUTLINING SOFTWARE
(writing software for organizing all types of writing)
BEST PARAGRAPH WRITING LEARNING SOFTWARE
(writing software for learning to write paragraphs)
Paragraph Punch
Merit Audiovisual, 132 W. 21st Street, New York, NY 10011
phone: 800/753-6488
BEST PATENT WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing patents)
Patent Partner
InPress, 920 Technology Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59718
phone: 406-522-8008
fax: 406-586-8818
email: ip3@inpress.com
BEST PERFORMANCE-APPRAISAL WRITING
SOFTWARE
[not yet ranked]
(writing software for writing performance appraisals)
Appraise
Employee Appraiser
Employee Performance Evaluation
Workwise Employee Evaluation
BEST PLAY SUBMISSIONS SOFTWARE
(writing software for tracking play submissions)
PlayOps
Datafox Software
phone: 800-DATAFOX
BEST POEM MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
(writing software for organizing poems)
Poem Pad
/pc/linguistics
ppad280.zip (85K zipped; 123K unzipped)
BEST POETRY WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing poems)
The Poet's Pal
Chatfield Software, P.O. Box 115, Hiram, OH 44234-0115
phone: 216-632-5447
email: chatsoft@world.std.com
BEST PRESCRIPTION WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing prescriptions)
Genie
Magic Carpet Software
phone: 071 51 5450
fax: 071 51 4427
email: paulcarr@b130.aone.net.au
BEST PROCEDURE WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing procedures)
ProcedureWRITE
Digital Quality Systems, 1582 Woodhaven Dr., Wheaton, IL 60187
phone: 630-510-7529
fax: 630-510-7634
email: lengoff@mcs.net
BEST PROJECT MANAGEMENT WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for managing writing projects)
BEST PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL REPORT WRITING
SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing psycho-educational reports)
ReportRite
PsychEd Solutions Network, P.O. Box 37, Sunset Beach, CA 90742
phone: 714-840-7210
email: solutions@psyched.net
BEST Q & A-CREATION WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing questions and answers for self-testing)
BEST QUESTIONNAIRE WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing questionnaires)
CAPI Software
Sawtooth Technologies, 1007 Church Street, Suite 402, Evanston, IL 60201
phone: 847-866-0870
fax: 847-866-0876
BEST REPORTS WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for writing reports, especially technical reports)
BEST RESEARCH-PAPER WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing research papers)
Homework Writer
Scholastic
Homework Helper Writing Software
Spinnaker
Writer's Helper
BEST RESUME WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing resumes)
Perfect Resume
Davidson and Associates, 19840 Pioneer Blvd., Torrence, CA 90503
phone: 800-545-7677
Key ResumeWriter
Softkey Software Products, One Athanaeum Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
phone: 800-323-8088
BEST SCREENPLAY FORMATTING SOFTWARE
[not yet ranked]
(writing software for formatting screenplays)
Script Maker
BEST SCREENWRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing screenplays and teleplays)
StoryCraft Story Development Software
phone: 800/701-2560
email: ibstory@exis.net
BEST SCRIPT EVALUATION WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for evaluating scripts)
ScriptReader
Venture Media, 251 Jeanell Drive, Suite 3, Carson City, NV 89475
email: script@scriptreader.com
BEST SCRIPT FORMATTING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting scripts)
BEST SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS SOFTWARE
(writing software for tracking script submissions)
Script Manager
Paramax Software, 26665 Colt Drive, Corona, CA 91719
email: wyza@aol.com
BEST SERMON WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing sermons)
BEST SHORT STORY FORMATTING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting short stories)
BEST SHORT STORY WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing short stories)
(see also Fiction Writing
Software)
StoryCraft Story Development Software
phone: 800/701-2560
email: ibstory@exis.net
BEST SPEECH WRITING
SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing speeches)
MacSpeechMaker
W. Rogers, MacPractical Press, Box 754151, Parkside Sta.,
Forest Hills, NY 11375
email: wroger@tiac.net
BEST SPORTS-WRITING SOFTWARE
(writing software for sportswriting)
Sports Reporter
Pelican/Toucan
BEST STENOGRAPHICAL SOFTWARE
(writing software for stenography)
BEST STORYBOARD WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting articles)
BEST STORY DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE
(writing software for developing and structuring stories)
StoryCraft Story Development Software
phone: 800/701-2560
email: ibstory@exis.net
BEST STORY PLOTS
SOFTWARE
(writing software for selecting story plots)
StoryCraft Story Development Software
phone: 800/701-2560
email: ibstory@exis.net
BEST STYLE/USAGE WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for editing for proper style and usage)
BEST SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE WRITING
SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing subliminal messages)
Subliminal Messenger
MindMedia, 849 Almar Avenue, Suite C-125, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
phone: 800-818-9445
email: bruce@mindmedia.com
BEST TECHNICAL WRITING
SOFTWARE
(writing software for technical writing)
BEST TELEPLAY FORMATTING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting teleplays)
BEST TERM PAPER WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for writing term papers)
BEST THEATRICAL FORMATTING SOFTWARE
(writers software for formatting theatrical plays)
BEST THESIS WRITING SOFTWARE
(writers software for writing theses)
BEST TIMELINE-TRACKING SOFTWARE
(writing software for tracking the timing of events relative to characters and action in
fiction)
Chronos
SimTel/msdos/education
chronos2.zip (120.3K)
BEST TYPING-SKILL
SOFTWARE
(writing software for learning how to type)
Ainsworth Keyboard
Trainer
Ainsworth and Partners, Box 8, Ridgeway, WI 53582
phone: 608-924-9234
fax: 608-924-9235
email: ainsworth@qwerty.com
Magic Typist
Olduvai Corp., 9200 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 525, Miami,
FL 33156
phone: 800-548-5151
fax: 305-670-1992
email: olduvai@shadow.net
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
The Software Toolworks
Typing Tutor
Que Software, 201 W. 103rd St., Indianapolis, IN 46290
phone: 317-581-3500
Kids Typing
Sierra On-Line, 4003 Sierra Way, Oakhurst, CA 93644
phone: 209-683-4468
Kid Keys
Davidson and Associates, 19840 Pioneer Blvd., Torrence, CA
90503
phone: 800-545-7677
BEST WILL MAKING
SOFTWARE
(writing software for writing wills)
Willmaker
Nolo Press, 950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA
94710
phone: 800-728-3555
fax: 800-645-0895
REVIEW
Lawyer's WillWriter
Legisoft, 3430 Noriega Street, San Francisco, CA
94122
phone: 415-566-9136
REVIEW
Quicken
Family Lawyer
Parsons Technology, 1700 Progress Drive, P.O. Box
100, Hiawatha, IA 52233
phone: 800-973-5111
fax: 319-395-7449
