Hi, I'm Mark Fassett, and I'd like to introduce you to StoryBox.

StoryBox is Novel Writing Software I wrote to take the pain out of organizing and writing novels.

A Quick Tour

When you first start StoryBox and create a new project, you'll immediately see the project panes on the left, including the File Drawer, which is where you manage all of the scenes, chapters, characters, locations, items, and any other documents you might want to use in creating your novel.

Click on a document, and it opens in the document window, and you can start typing right away with no fuss. Or if you wish, you can add the chapters and documents you think you'll need, organize them and use either the storyboard or outline views to flesh out your novel before beginning to write.

You can keep notes for each document in your project, use tags to tag your documents for quick reference, and use the ToDo list to keep track of your tasks.

StoryBox has a full screen typing mode to let you work without all the visual distractions you might have on your desktop. If you prefer the normal mode, you can hide and rearrange any of the tool panes that you wish. You can even have several documents open at one time and arrange them however you like.

A quick and dirty outline builder will let you easily create and add new documents, or insert the text of the outline into existing documents.

StoryBox includes a Thesaurus and SpellChecker. The SpellChecker let's you add words to a global dictionary, or to project specific dictionaries, which is perfect for those made up names that you don't necessarily want applied to all of your projects.

StoryBox can import from plain text files, or RTF (which any word processor can generate) and exports to the same formats as well.

Try StoryBox For Free

Try it out. It's free to try and use for as long as you need. The trial never times out, so there's no worries about being locked out from your project if you can't afford to pay for it within 30 days. I want you to be as comfortable as possible with your purchase BEFORE you buy. Take your time. If there's something you don't like, report it to me and see what happens. I can't guarantee I'll add every feature you want (my current list of features to add for 2.0 stands at 22 items), but I'll certainly consider every single one of them.

I update StoryBox frequently as I think of new ways to make writing and editing a novel easier. There is a button right on the toolbar that lets you file a problem report that I see and I try to resolve them as quickly as I can. I have turned around bug fixes in as little as six hours, and if it's something that's keeping you from working, it's my highest priortiy.

Mark Fassett
StoryBoxSoftware.com

Download

You can download the latest version of the software here. It's free to try as long as you like and runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

Support

You can use our support site to enter any bugs or issues or feature requests you find. You'll be able to track the progress of your issues there, too. There are menu items under "Help" in StoryBox that will take you there, too.

Buy

If you find that you love StoryBox, but hate all the not quite subliminal "Buy StoryBox!" hints all throughout the application, go here and buy it now for only $34.95!