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            "website": "https://plottr.com/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/plottr",
            "tagline": "Visual outlining and series planning software for novelists",
            "summary": "Plottr is outlining software for novels and series, built around visual timelines, scene cards and a series bible. It runs as a Windows and Mac app, and the Pro plan adds a browser app and cloud sync. It exports outlines to Microsoft Word and Scrivener, and its site says the product has no AI features.",
            "platforms": [
                "windows",
                "macos",
                "web"
            ],
            "pricing": "paid",
            "price_note": "From $60 a year or $150 lifetime; 30-day free trial",
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            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "Visual timelines with scene cards and plot-hole view",
                "Series bible for multi-book projects",
                "Exports the outline to Word and Scrivener"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Planning only, with no manuscript editor",
                "Browser app and cloud sync need the Pro plan"
            ],
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            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Plottr places scenes and chapters on visual timelines, with scene cards that record point of view, character goals and conflicts. The vendor's pages highlight plot holes and sagging middles that show up on the timeline. It includes templates for many genres and a series view for every book in a series.\n\nPlottr is sold as a standard plan from $60 a year or $150 for a lifetime license, and as Plottr Pro at $99 a year. The Pro plan adds a browser app, cloud sync and cloud backups, and the site offers a 30-day free trial. It is a planning tool that exports outlines to Word and Scrivener rather than a manuscript editor, so writers still need a separate app for drafting."
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        {
            "slug": "scrivener",
            "name": "Scrivener",
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            "website": "https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/scrivener",
            "tagline": "Writing software for long projects, with corkboard and compile tools",
            "summary": "Scrivener is a writing program for book-length projects, made by Literature & Latte. It keeps research, notes and chapters in one project, with a corkboard and outliner for reordering sections. It compiles finished drafts to Word, PDF and other formats.",
            "developer": "Literature & Latte",
            "platforms": [
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            "price_note": "One-time license per platform; 30-day free trial; iOS app sold separately",
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                "Corkboard and outliner for restructuring sections",
                "Compiles drafts to Word, PDF and plain text",
                "One-time license with a 30-day free trial"
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                "Many panels and settings take time to learn",
                "Print layout is less polished than book-design tools"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
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            "overview": "Scrivener organizes a manuscript as a set of documents in a binder that you can reorder at any time. A corkboard shows each section as a card, and an outliner lists the structure in rows. Research files and notes sit in the same project as the draft, and a split editor keeps a reference open beside the text.\n\nThe Compile feature assembles the project into one document for printing or self-publishing, and it exports to Word, PDF, Final Draft and plain text. Writing targets track progress. Scrivener is sold as a one-time license for macOS and Windows, with a separate iOS and iPadOS app that uses Dropbox for sync, and a 30-day free trial is available. Its interface has many panels to learn, and its print layout is less polished than dedicated book-design software."
        }
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        "Only Scrivener runs on iOS.",
        "Only Plottr runs on Web.",
        "Plottr: paid. Scrivener: one-time purchase."
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                    "verdict": "The strongest visual outliner here, with timelines, scene cards and a series bible. It does not draft text, so it works best beside a writing app such as Scrivener.",
                    "best_for": "Visual plotting for novels and series",
                    "spec": {
                        "planning": "Visual timelines and scene cards",
                        "export": "Outline to Word and Scrivener",
                        "storage": "Offline app; cloud sync on Pro"
                    }
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                    "verdict": "Its corkboard, outliner, writing targets and compile tools cover the whole draft. Its panels take longer to learn than Ulysses, and print layout is less polished than Vellum's.",
                    "best_for": "Long manuscripts that need research and structure",
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                        "planning": "Corkboard and outliner",
                        "export": "Word, PDF, Final Draft, plain text",
                        "storage": "Local project files; Dropbox sync on iOS"
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