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ProWritingAid
✓ verifiedFreemium

Grammar and style editor for novelists wanting in-depth manuscript, plot and character feedback beyond basic proofreading.

1.5M visits/mo
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Muse by Sudowrite
✓ verifiedFree trial

AI writing partner built specifically for fiction, offering tools to draft, describe, expand, and rewrite scenes in a writer's own voice.

1.2M visits/mo42K saves
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Squibler
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI writing assistant for authors and screenwriters to generate full-length book, novel, and screenplay drafts from an idea.

480K visits/mo39 saves
Pricing
Free: $0/month (500 word limit, 2 report runs/day, 10 rephrases/day)
Premium: $30/month (unlimited word count/reports/rephrases, chapter critique)
Premium Pro: $36/month (50 Sparks/day, 3 chapter critiques/day, live workshops)

No public pricing

Free trial available

Free: $0/mo (1,000 AI credits/month)
Plus: $29.99/mo, or $15.83/mo billed annually (10,000 AI credits/month)
Pro: $89.99/mo, or $49.17/mo billed annually (unlimited AI credits)
Core features
  • Grammar, spelling and style checking
  • Manuscript, plot and character analysis for fiction
  • Chapter critique and virtual beta-reader feedback
  • Rephrasing and AI writing prompts ('Sparks')
  • 25+ writing analysis reports (pacing, sensory detail, repetition, etc.)
  • Integrations with Word, Google Docs and Scrivener
  • Story Bible for outlining and drafting full novels
  • Write tool for style-matched prose continuation
  • Describe for scene and sensory detail generation
  • Expand for pacing/scene lengthening
  • Rewrite for targeted revision
  • Feedback tool that reviews drafts for improvement areas
  • Canvas for visual plot/character/theme planning
  • Full-length book and screenplay draft generation from a concept
  • AI co-author that proposes and iterates on revisions
  • Story outline generation mapping structure and pacing
  • Character and setting tracking for narrative consistency
  • Text-to-visual generation for scene images or video sequences
  • Export to PDF and DOCX
Use cases
  • Novelists getting story-level feedback beyond grammar checks
  • Writers polishing manuscripts before submission or publishing
  • Editing directly inside existing writing apps
  • Comparing prose style against published authors
  • Overcoming writer's block on a novel or short story
  • Planning and outlining a book from idea to chapters
  • Getting AI feedback on drafts before submitting to editors
  • Expanding thin scenes to improve pacing
  • Novelists overcoming writer's block with a generated first draft
  • Screenwriters producing formatted scripts with proper structure
  • Authors maintaining character and plot consistency across chapters
  • Writers creating pitch visuals or storyboards from text
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