LitLift

Giving your literary ambitions a helping hand.

LitLift has 4217 authors...

...working on 6994 books...

...consisting of 9079 characters, 2042 settings, 3855 scenes.

What is LitLift for?

Create Characters

Got an idea for the next Tom Sawyer, Sherlock Holmes or Elizabeth Bennet. Create and track your characters, even if you don't know what stories you're going to put them in.

Create Settings

What environment will you thrust your characters into? No matter where or when, store the information here.

Create Items

Need to track the weapon in your latest murder mystery? I know I did. That's why I created this. Hope it helps you as well.

Create Scenes/Chapters

Outline, edit and reorder the scenes or chapters that will make up your story. The best way to keep your thoughts organized.

LitLift is a free online novel writing application built to help you research, store and organize the information you'll need to write your novel. Whether you're writing a mystery, a romance or the next great science fiction trilogy, LitLift is designed to help you make the most of your writing time.

Ready to start that novel? Begin here. It's free!

Take the tour!

Are you a weekend hobbyist or a NaNoWriMo word warrior trying to complete your novel in a month. If you are sign up and get started organizing your novel, or take a few minutes to view our introduction video.

What people are saying!

Looks like you are coming up with award winning software. I retired from mainframe computer programming after a 33 year career and am really having a blast trying my hand at penning a novel using LitLift. A short learning curve and I'm on my way... - Dave W. 10/6/2010

I'm new to LitLift, but so far I'm really liking it. It's very convenient for creating and storing the individual parts of my novel. I'm a very disorganized person when it comes to writing, but LitLift helps me to keep my ideas straight--and during all of the craziness of National Novel Writing Month, I need all the help I can get! Litlift is very easy to use, well-thought-out, and free (yes!) so I'm glad I gave it a try. - Shannon D. 10/8/2010

City of Glasgow
1882
a soaking
fog, smell
of smoke

Murder Weapon?
- cane
- lobster
- pistol?