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LivingWriter

DraftingPlotting and worldbuildingFreemiumFiction and nonfiction

A manuscript workspace for books and screenplays: boards for structure and elements, outlines, and export to DOCX, PDF, EPUB, and Kindle. Optional AI can chat with the draft, rewrite, analyze, outline, convert a chapter to a screenplay, or sketch a cover, and the vendor says your manuscript is not used to train models. Free and Pro cap those requests hard, and this is still a general writing desk rather than a fiction-tuned co-writer like Sudowrite.

Best for

Authors who want planning boards, a manuscript, and optional AI in one app, including screenwriters.

Pricing

Freemium. Free plan: one manuscript, up to 25,000 words, and 3 AI requests a month. Pricing cards list Pro at $15/month (25 AI requests) and Pro + AI at $30/month (unlimited AI). Quarterly and annual billing also exist, and the page offers a $0.99 seven-day intro.

Listing checked 14 October 2026. Plans move. The vendor's page wins an argument with this one.

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