The write stuff: Apps for aspiring authors

Got a story to tell? No matter your genre, these apps can help you turn your ideas into publishable manuscripts ready to share with readers or pitch to literary agents. Your journey to the best seller lists could start with a single download.

Share your stories or book ideas via publishing tools for works in 25+ languages, then read comments from Wattpad users around the world, develop your authorial voice, and maybe even get discovered. Or get inspired by following other writers in a range of genres, from horror to historical romance.

Create and develop novels with tools like version histories, writing statistics, and pinboards to help you organize characters, timelines, inspirational images drawn from real life, and other elements. Work solo, collaborate with co-authors in real time, or participate in challenges to spark your imagination with weekly writing prompts, then share your stories and get feedback from other users.

Jot down the core of your story as an Idea Note, then expand your concept into a full outline or draft with advice and features to keep you on track like tags, images, time limitation settings, correlation diagrams, the OverView tool for arranging elements into a plot, and prompts to guide your imagination as you develop details like inciting incidents, settings and character introductions.

Stay organized while bringing your book to life with a workflow app that syncs across all of your devices. Collect notes, images, or videos for your project, then go it alone or collaborate using multi-user editing tools and kanban boards – plus track, tag, assign, and manage tasks, or record meeting notes while creating, editing, and saving story or chapter outlines and drafts.

Join online literary communities, discuss favorite authors, and make connections with like-minded readers. Or post your own thoughts, stories, and videos, gain followers, promote projects, earn money generating exclusive content for subscribers, find writing contests via hashtags like #RevPit, or upgrade to X Premium and expand your reach with features like blue check verification and more.