The Novel Factory

AI-free novel planning and writing software with a step-by-step roadmap

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The Novel Factory is novel-writing software designed by a professional author, with a step-by-step roadmap, character and location sheets, scene planning and word-count statistics. It describes itself as AI-free and offers a 30-day free trial without payment details.

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