Free Novel Writing Software

Recently, I became aware of a free novel writing program called "Storybook". Storybook is billed as an "open source novel-writing tool for creative writers, novelists and authors which will help you to keep an overview of multiple plot-lines while writing books, novels or other written works." I am intrigued by the idea. Pictured above is a screen shot of the program. Once information such as characters, dates, locations, etc. are entered into the program, the information may be viewed in four different ways:

• Chronological View - shows the scenes sorted by date. Each strand has it's own column.
• Manage Chapters and Scenes View - shows all chapters and their assigned scenes.
• Book View - shows all chapters and their assigned scenes sorted by chapter and scene numbers, as you would read it in the final book. (Book View is show in the image above.)
• Reading View (a mode of the Book View) shows the text as in a final book. 

I think software like this would be very helpful for stories with complex plots and lots of characters. Once I am able to give the program a test run I will post a more detailed review. But great as the software sounds, there is a nagging thought in the back of my mind: "What would Stephen King think of this?" ^^

Update: Read a further review of this product here.