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Many authors, at one point or another, have used what is known as story development software. Free, paid, on Android, on PC, old, new, in some form or iteration you have likely used a program that helps you design your plot, develop your characters, and so on.

Let me guess: You “kind of” liked it, and yet something was missing. Well, that has been exactly my experience, with everything I’d ever tried, and that’s why I decided to create a piece of story development software the way I wanted it to be. Presenting Narrative Nods v2!

Although it shares the same name and basic framework with my Android app with the same name (no longer available), it’s nowhere near the same program. Not only is it much more mature, intelligent, and effective, but it’s also platform-independent. You can use it on Android or iPhone, PC or Mac (or Linux), and overall, on any device using a modern browser.

Let’s take a quick look at its features and where to find it!

What Good Story Development Software Should Be Like

As I mentioned in the introduction, the reason I developed this program is because of personal experience. All the programs I’ve used – and there were many – were “kind of OK” but each had its own problems. Some were too convoluted, others were too simple. A few were too expensive, while most were worth even less than their free status. Let me tell you, few things are more depressing than realizing you don’t want to use something that’s free.

Narrative Nods v2 is simple in its design and graphics, but uber-powerful in its efficiency. It’s packed with tools to help you improve on all core aspects of writing – everything I’ve learned in 25+ years of writing fiction and 12+ years of university experience – that make a good narrative:

• efficient character types.
• solid narrative antagonism.
• coherent narrative structure.
• understanding of genre.
• sense-making narrative endings.
• …and more.

Narrative Nods v2 allows you to check all the crucial parameters of your narrative, offering you concrete feedback on what needs to be modified to reach the result you want. That’s precisely what you should be asking from plot development software.

Oh, and don’t worry about ease-of-use: Narrative Nods v2 also offers you detailed, easy-to-read help, definitions, and examples along the way.

Here’s a short video to show you some of the aspects of the program:

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Where to get Narrative Nods v2

You can try Narrative Nods v2 following this link. For a full list of my available programs, see the relevant page on the main site.

You might also want to take a look at my Conceptualizer story planner, that focuses on structure itself!