Guides
Every DreamPress guide and comparison in one place: writing how-tos, worked examples, and app comparisons with the date each was last checked.
Every guide, with its date
How we write these
What the guides cover, how the comparisons are checked, and how often they change.
These are the DreamPress guides: how-tos for planning a novel, worked examples you can adapt, and comparisons of AI writing apps, roleplay chatbots and fanfic sites. The list is newest first, and each card shows the date its page was last updated.
What the guides cover
- Writing how-tos. How to outline a novel, how to write a character backstory, how many chapters a novel needs, and what goes in a story bible.
- Worked examples. Character sheets, beat sheets, novel outlines and backstory ideas you can copy and change.
- Comparisons. AI writing apps for fiction, AI roleplay chatbots, and alternatives to sites and apps that people are leaving or can't reach right now.
How the comparisons are checked
Facts about other sites and apps come from their own websites, help pages or app-store listings, and each comparison says the date they were checked. DreamPress is our product, so where it appears in a comparison, its downsides are listed too. When something a comparison describes changes, such as a site going offline or an app leaving a store, the page and its date are updated.
Guides FAQ
How do I know if a guide is up to date?
Each card on this page shows the date its guide was last updated. Each comparison also says, near the top, the date its facts were checked.
Is DreamPress in the comparisons?
In some of them. DreamPress is our own product, and every comparison that includes it says so at the top and lists its downsides.
Do I need an account to read the guides?
No. Every guide is free to read. The free writing tools don't need an account either.
Why do some guides show two dates?
The card on this page shows when the guide was last updated. A comparison also shows, near the top, when its facts about other sites and apps were checked. The two differ when a page gets a new section without every fact in it being checked again.
