As a poet, storyteller and playwright I wanted a way to store all those useful tools I found while searching. I then discovered the idea of "awesome" resources on Github and as I was learning Github I figured it would be a perfect place to store this for myself. I also figurre there are other people out there who would be interested so here it is.
Dave Pitt
1st February 2026
- Internet / Cloud Based Application.
- Mac OSX Application.
- Linux Application.
- Windows Application.
- Cambridge Dictionary - Online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
- Dictionary.com - A dictionary for the real world.
- Rhymezone - Find rhymes, synonyms and adjectives.
- Thesarus.com - A thesarus for the real world.
- Novel Writer - Cross platform plain text editor suited to larger projects.
- Scrivener - Feature rich word processor for writers.
- yWriter - Basic but powerful plain text editor suited to larger projects.
- LibreOffice - Free, open source and cross-platform office suite.
- Microsoft Office - World famous office suite from Microsoft.
- Only Office - Fully featured office suite with free tier for startups.
- Pages - Apple's very own word processor.
- WPS - Office suite with free PDF editing.
- BBC Maestro - Curated courses from the BBC by writers such as Alan Moore, Julia Donaldson and Carol Ann Duffy.
- Dan Harmon Story Cricle - An great explaination of how Dan Harmon uses the Story Circle to create his work.
- How the Three Act Structure Works - How the 3 act structure works with examples.
- (beat) - Elegant, distraction free screenwriting app for MacOS and iOS.
- Celtx - Online and app based tool which specialises in film and stage scripts.
- Final Draft - The Hollywood standard. Also includes mobile versions.
- Playwriting Templates for LibreOffice - A template which provides some set layouts for playscripts in Libre Office.
- Trelby - Free, multiplatform, feature-rich screenwriting program.
- Redvolume - Discord - Server dedicated to sharing and archiving the work of community members.
- Writing Prompts - Reddit - As it says on the tin. Writing prompts.
- Cliche Finder - Finds cliches in your writing.
- Grammarly - Writing assistant tool which reviews spelling, grammar and tone.
- Hemingway App - Desktop and online app which helps with readability of text.
- Surname Generator - Generates realistic last names by origin (29 cultures including English, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian, Nigerian) plus fantasy, D&D and sci-fi flavors — useful for naming characters across stories.