Wavemaker (v2) novel planning software

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A fully offline novel writing and planning software tool for ChromeOS. Much more than just a word processor.

Latest reviews

• (2022-05-11) Lily Gertsman: My new favorite writing software for Chrome OS! I have only had this for about 3 hours and I have already started a book I have wanted to write for a day! I couldn't find a software to use. I couldn't have started this without this software! I only have one minor suggestion. I would say add a how to use area for people that just got it. I was kinda lost at first but got it after about 5 minutes. Overall, great app!
• (2021-02-15) RayeEllenOnlyOneJewelry TM: The request for Patreon support will not allow me to start writing. How do I get around that?
• (2021-01-20) JW Music: I love this novel writing app the best in the entire world I would love some key features which are, 1. A way to write screenplays as well as stageplays plus create multiple novels and screenplays . 2. A way to add videos, audio, and music files plus rename the files and organize them in the app and the wavemaker novel maker website as well. Big plus would be able to play each file. 3. Video capture option in case you want to record yourself while writing your novel or screenplay. 4. Add Contributors for others to work on your novel or screenplays too. 5. Chat with with your Contributors while writing your novel or screenplay. 6. Present option so you can present your novel and screenplays to book publishers and movie companies 7. A Video Editor with a ton of cool features for free. 8. A PDF editor so you can add and edit your novels or screenplays in PDF format. 9. A music MP3 player and video MP4 video player to play your music and video files called WaveMaker music/video player on any file size for free. 10. A Windows 10/Mac/Amazon Kindle Fire version but still keep the Chrome OS version. 11. Props/scene locations, costumes, Media/products/tech/ and so much more for the screenplays to add a huge list of the things mentioned on top of #11. 12. A Timeline for your files and plot/scenes page for your novel and screenplays. 13. A title page that will go on top of the page of your novel and screenplays. 14. A option to add photos to your screenplay and novels 15. Being able to create other documents like resumes, facebook posts, posters, infopages, album covers, video intros for your youtube videos without paying and so much more to compete with paying sites like Canva because free is better for people who are broke. 16. A photo editor with a bunch of effects and key features. If you had all 16 key features for me this will be the best document graphic design site ever not just for novels which is key to stand out. My overall thoughts on WaveMaker is it's the best free service software for novel writing out there it needs to be more than that to be competitive. Thanks for creating this awesome app and site all these features mentioned above is for the app and website.
• (2020-02-14) Kim N. Venne: I tried this and decided not to keep it. Now I have no option to uninstall. I even powerwashed my chromebook to factory new reset and it's STILL there! I came back to the install page and still no option to uninstall. How can I get rid of it off my laptop if a factory reset doesn't do it?
• (2019-12-04) Tammy L. Faulkner: Sounds like a great app. I want to give it a shot but it wants me to become a Patreon without trying it out first. It says IF I like it and would like to support but how can I know if I like it without trying it out. Tried clicking around the box and everything. I'm not going to support something I haven't tried yet. Am I missing something?
• (2019-10-10) Esmeralda A. Winchester: I freaking love this app!!! Nanowrimo is coming and this is the best Chromebook app for plotting and outlining and actually writing my novel. Thank you so much for taking the time and developing this app for people like me. I also downloaded it on my dell laptop inspiron and love the option of downloading it on both sides, like I can my project on the Chromebook and my laptop. Unlike Scrivener I love how it is free to use. So thank you once more. You are awesome!!!!
• (2019-02-08) Chris Davis: Simply the best writing app in the chrome web store.
• (2019-01-10) Kerri Krueger: I have been using this application for a little over two hours, and I am FLOORED by how lovely it is! I'm new t the Chromebook world, coming from the overpriced Apple ecosystem. As such, I was hoping to find a good replacement for Scrivener, and this is definitely it (for me). From what I can tell, Wavemaker has everything I need to write, but there are a few things I'd love to see in future updates: - Markdown support (or basic formatting functions, such as bold, italic, centering text, etc) - A name generator for characters - A few more font choices, such as Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, etc. - The option to have the first sentence of each paragraph indented I cannot wait to see what's coming next! Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful, functional app for ChromeOS!
• (2018-12-29) Becky Ray: I love this tool. However, does it show a total word count some place?
• (2018-12-23) Yudhanjaya Wijeratne: Scrivener users, it looks like we finally have a worthy Chrome OS app. I didn't this would work so well, but kudos to the developer - it's simple, it's got all the functionality I needed, and it has a very useful word counter on the side that's a lovely bit of added motivation. Well done, well done indeed!
• (2018-12-22) So far so good! I downloaded this app a few days ago and have been on it nonstop. I love the way it's organized without being overly complicated.
• (2018-12-17) J. Farmer: Okay, I didn't expect this to work very well. I was wrong. Runs great. Has great features. Doesn't overwhelm you with features like others though. Intuitive. Makes me love my Chromebook even more. I wish there was an option to choose where to export the .doc rather than it saving locally. Small issue and it might be that I'm just too dumb to find where to change that setting. Try it!
• (2018-12-14) Elizabeth Ramsey: I'm loving it so far. It did have a glitch on the first day, it wouldn't let me open my file. But now it is working, so thank you.
• (2018-11-25) Phil Hayward: Lain, brilliant app. Have had it installed it on my Chromebook for four hours ago and loving it. I write where I can and that often involves writing on different machines; Windows, Chromebook and occasionally Mac or Linux. I use Scrivener as my "ultimate tool" for its final formatting and presentation and pulling it all together, but find it a little over the top for just everyday "putting words on paper" in different work environments. Just what you have so far is quite right for what I am looking for, something that is lite, functional though not overly feature rich or overburdened, and works in a variety of environments. I have an instinctive mistrust for anything that only allows online access yet crave for the app that is functional enough to be useful and still allows personal control. More than happy to pay for an app that meets my requirements and will keep on using Wavemaker while it works across various environments and allows me the personal control of my work that I want. Cheers Phil Hayward
• (2018-11-22) Jonathan Burley: Simply the best writing tool for ChromeOS and a strong contender for other operating systems. Thanks for the work that went into making this and for thinking of the chromebook community!
• (2018-11-17) Elizajah Laverna: This is an amazing app! I find the timeline and cards extremely helpful. I can collect all the gems and ideas and then put together a great manuscript.
• (2018-11-08) Carissa Coonfield: I really like this app- I've been using the web version for a little less than a month, and then found this app on the chrome store and tried it out today! It works really well on my chromebook, even better than the web app. My chromebook is an older one, and sometimes when I do a lot on it, it crashes. That's just something that happens, it's part of using an older machine. However, during NaNoWriMo this is terrifying to me. A few days ago, I was using the web app and I wrote about 200 words and then got distracted (as one does). I forgot to hit the save button. I opened up a lot of tabs, and my chromebook crashed. I was devastated. But when I loaded up the wavemaker web app and loaded my NaNo story, everything was there! Nothing had been lost! So this app has already saved my hide during NaNo, and we're only in day 7 out of 30. <3 I do want to note that using the Chrome Store app has no lag whatsoever, but sometimes using the Web app there is lag. It's never really bad, and it still saves fine, so it's not a problem for me at all. I attribute this to my really really old, tiny, Acer Chromebook. I think I might have bought it around 2014-2015? I don't know, but it was a long time ago.
• (2018-11-01) Phoebe Sulistio (Syl): 10/10 writing app, my pantser luck has not run out yet as I found this on the first day of NaNo! The app is very well-designed it's so pretty, and the old-fashioned saving really makes me feel more secure in leaving my work because whenever I do so with Google Docs I always get anxious that it didn't actually save (silly fear, but it's there)... Found this via the developer's "shameless self-promotion" and idk who you are but you are a godsend! I am looking forward to using this for future writing projects!
• (2018-10-31) JW Geeks 99: I love this app Lain Wood. I would highly suggest adding these to this awesome novel writing app. 1. creating a title page for my novel 2. About the author option 3. Table of Contents The chapters I am writing will automatically carry over to the table of contents. 4. An option to backup my files to Google Drive for offline access. 5. An option to automatically save my work without having to push the save button every time. 6. A novel outline tool 7. An option to change the size of the font 8. An option to change the font to other novel appropriate fonts like Bookman Old Style, Book Antigua, Janson, & ETC 9. Option to set the genre of the novel Thanks for this awesome novel writing software. Won't go anywhere if these features are added hope to see those features soon. Here is an update from my last review which is up top: When I click save it isn't doing anything all it says is saving it doesn't save to the computer or anything. please check into this thanks. What I mean about an outline that I mentioned on the top review. here is photo links to help you out. https://s24953.pcdn.co/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/story-premise-template-1.png http://www.adamblumerbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tenth_plague_chapter_plan.jpg http://www.paulebanwell.com/blog/?showimage_goifmj=writing+a+novel+outline.jpg What is a Novel Outline? It can be a rough 1 pager on how it all works, or a series of post-it notes put into an order for writing. It can also be a comprehensive meta-document that you refer to throughout your book and keeps you to the point. It is basically planning your novel before you write. Why should you outline?
• (2018-10-30) Ryan Ogara: So, I like this writing software. I'm going to begin the review there. I find the notecard feature ridiculously helpful for keeping track of what I mean to do, it's quick and responsive, and the timeline is also a nice thing. I like being able to move things off of the sides when I want to focus. All in all, it's really great for the way I write. There's really just one thing keeping it from 5 stars, for me. I've run into the issue twice since downloading this sometime in September. Sometimes the software will simply stop opening the file in which my story is stored, flat out. I've tried renaming it, I've tried restarting the app and the computer, I've done everything I can think of and it will not open. I keep backups, so it's not as big a problem as it could be, but I would have lost my entire novel twice now if I didn't do that. If this is fixed, then I would be able to rate it much higher.
• (2018-10-23) Mik Furie: Incredible in its simplicity, yet complex enough to be powerful. I honestly didn't think I'd find something like this on Chrome OS. Just starting my latest book, and I look forward to hashing the outline out in this then filling it with all the notes I've got spread across different apps. If I could add one feature, it'd be the ability to make Cards starred or Global. Once a given card was in that status, it would be added to the list of cards that you can add to sections, allowing users to have global cards they can drop in several locations at once. Usage Example: I write a detailed character card for a recurring comedy element and click a star icon on the card to star it. This is in Section 1. When I get to Section 5 the character comes back and I need that character card again. I could drag and drop it, but it's then taken from the first location and would need dragging back if I go to edit that. In my idea, I simply click to add a new card and, as I've already starred the character card I created, I can add an exact copy of that card to my new section. Changes made to one version of that card would reflect in all of them. This would allow detailed location, character, and even plotline cards to be written up and placed in multiple places throughout a novel.
• (2018-10-01) Synergi L: Wow! Lain this looks amazing. Perfect for using the Chromebook and you have it set up for Snowflake and Nano! Good work. Do you have a website so I can keep up with updates or for making suggestions?
• (2018-09-29) Anders Ström: Wavemaker seem like an extremely promising beginning with very few equivalents around that are natively built for Chrome OS. The default font is extremely big on lower resolutions - would it be possible to add a way to change the font size? Having an option for indenting the first line of each paragraph and for adding space between paragraphs would be great as well.
• (2018-08-17) tan: It's one of the best ones I've used and it's highly recommended to people who like to be organized. It has many useful features that are quite innovative and aesthetically appealing. Overall, an amazing application.
• (2018-07-05) Charlotte Wood: Pretty useful. I like to snowflake tool. Not used it in anger yet but seems to be something I'll like using, and so far appears to be actually free, unlike others.