bibisco, an open source software for writing novels

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Today's application is truly very particular and we hope to be able to talk about it in an effective and comprehensive manner. Yes why bibisco is a creative writing program that was suggested to us on Mastodon ¹. However, it is not an application that we would use or use and therefore we decided to take a look at it but we will mainly rely on the opinions of other people who have used it.

bibisco And Open source and you can download for free giving only your email address (you can also create an alias specifically for this) or you can use a more complete paid version by paying a one-off fee and above all you can decide the price, starting from at least €35.

bibisco

As we said, we are not writers nor do we need this application so we will try to summarize what we have read by also offering you some sentences taken from their official website. However, we installed the application, tried it and it seemed pleasant and well made and this is also why we decided to introduce it to you.

We quote some parts taken from their site to help you better understand what this application allows you to do:

bibisco is the Complete novel writing software that helps you take your stories from idea to publication.

With powerful tools like chapter organization, revision management, timeline, mind maps, distraction-free text editor, and more, you have everything you need to unleash your creativity.

• Organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export to pdf, docx, epub. Write with a full text editor mode anti-distraction.
• Design characters, places, objects useful for the development of the story. Associate their images and keep an eye on them as you write.
• Set your writing goals: total words, words per day, due date. Track your progress over time.
• Create the structure of the novel, define the premise, fabula, narrative lines. Draw relationships between story elements with the mind maps.
• View your story in one timeline. Analyze chapter lengths, the use of points of view, and the time and place in which characters appear.
• bibisco is a desktop application available for Linux, MacOS And Windows in 14 languages, including Italian.

In short, as far as we were able to test it and as far as we understand, it seemed like an interesting application to offer you also thanks to its nature Open source and his license GNU GPL License.

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