Write Anywhere
As you type, the Style Assistant shows you how a specific author uses the same word or phrase in their work, offering
suggestions if your language strays too far from the author’s style.
It’s almost like writing with your favorite novelist watching over your shoulder, guiding you along the way.
Help with Style Assistants
But the Style Assistant is much more than just a tool for checking author style and sentence structure.
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It can be your language research tool for an author or time period. Would a certain word even be used?
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It can also help with world-building research for your novel. Would a specific item be available during the time your story takes place? (For instance,
did people in Jane Austen’s time drink coffee, or was it just tea? Can you answer that without Googling it?)
We’re all familiar with looking up synonyms online, only to find a long list of words: either too few or too many, but never quite the right fit for the time
period or writing style.
That’s where NovelForge comes to the rescue. With our novel writing software, you can
use and create THEMATIC DICTIONARIES, all tailored to your favorite author's vocabulary
or time period.
For example, you can limit the thesaurus to words used by Jane Austen, or create one
based on the language of today’s sci-fi or fantasy authors. Or perhaps you’d prefer the
words of our good friend, Will Shakespeare, who hath immortally tackled language.
You can even load ANY existing book and let the software work its magic (or, as
Shakespeare’s Style Assistant would quickly suggest: “conjuring”).
Want to create a thesaurus from YOUR own writings? Why not?
The Best Offline Thesaurus You Can Find
Spreadsheets (Ok, we call them Wordsheets but they are still cool)
"What?" you ask. "Why do we need spreadsheets in writing software?"
We don’t, but hear us out... Spreadsheets are DAGWOT (a Damn Good
Way to Organize Things).
Whether you're using them to collect quirky words, track your favorite
café’s baristas, or learn Japanese phrases, spreadsheets come in
handy for tasks that plain text just can’t handle as efficiently.
Some authors even plan entire novels in spreadsheets.
Don’t worry, this isn’t some boring number-crunching nonsense. It’s
text-oriented, allowing you to sort columns, add checkmarks or
percentage bars, move things around, and use colors to bring it all to
life. You’ll love it.
Improve your writing with Spell Check, Passive voice check, Readability control
POS
Articles & Nouns
Normal Spell-check
“Loud” Spell-check
Check your writing with smart tools that help you polish
your work. Get insights on Part of Speech, passive voice,
adverb overuse, readability, and more.
Commit to a specific style by using the Style Assistant,
which highlights words an author would never use.
And of course, our customizable spell-check, featuring the
almost-patentable "Loud" option, ensures you won’t miss
those flimsy squiggly lines!
Now you may ask, “Hey, that’s great, but I couldn’t care less about the charmingly scrumptious words of Jane Austen. Can I have a real human-like
assistant?”
And here’s the best part: You can have as many assistants as there are books—by any author!
We’ve prepared a few assistants made from books in the public domain, but with the PRO version, you can load any book or text and create your own
assistants. Even better, creating an assistant from your own writing can help you track situations and events, ensuring you don’t repeat the same
sentences or phrases.
Word count
Revision markers
Snapshots with Auto-Versioning
You wouldn't get troublesome worrying looks from Jane Austen or
William Shakespeare if you ask them modern words; rather, you'd get
what they would consider to be the closest equivalent at the time.
A Historical Thesaurus, Cross-Referenced to Modern Words
What makes these dictionaries so unique is their clever understanding of modern words. A time-period thesaurus doesn’t just speak the historic
tongue. It understands your language too. It provides the closest equivalent, using the author’s vocabulary or terms common to that time period.
Medieval Fantasy Thesaurus
would know much more about
knives and blades than a high-
brow scientist.
Maybe too much…
We built NovelForge as if it were the only software you’d take to a deserted island. That also means no Wi-Fi.
In a world where an increasing number of apps require an internet connection, we chose a different path.
NovelForge works offline, including tools like our 140K-word thesaurus and book assistants, which function
seamlessly even without Wi-Fi.
And to everyone else it looks like you are actually working!
Passive voice check
See release notes
Readability check with custom threshold settings
… and of course, a little toy, let the Monkey write your novel
“How rejoiced was Elizabeth to part from him in good humour, said Miss Bingley, with cold meat, cake, and a variety of questions to Maria and Elizabeth, but
especially to the latter, of whose connections she knew it was a circumstance which must have been great indeed.”
by Monkey Jane
If you know how to press Ctrl+W, you can let our Monkey Novelist type for youfrom the Assistant’s vocabulary.
It is possible that the Monkey's linguistic skills are as advanced as those of other tree-dwelling primates, but at least you will get a good laugh out of it.
Sometimes, (or if you are under the influence), you may even get inspired. We now have a whole Wordsheet of literary pearls such as “Her eldest daughter
was particularly anxious to conceal from him your mother.” or “I will take care to get good partners for them to play their aunt.”
Note: This is not Ai, just a simple probability Markov Chain.
Organize your Manuscript, add revision markers, create snapshots
The best authors aren’t born overnight. They study the style and language of great writers to refine their craft and become better writers themselves.
