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  • 01.
    Novel Word Count
    3 years ago by Isaac Lyman
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    Score: 83/100
    The Novel Word Count plugin allows users to track a wide range of statistics for files, folders, and entire vaults directly in Obsidian's File Explorer pane. It provides real-time updates for metrics like word count, page count, reading time, character count, and even custom properties from frontmatter. The plugin allows users to display up to three statistics at once, offering flexibility to customize what data appears next to each file or folder. Users can set word count goals for specific notes and track progress as a percentage. Folder statistics roll up data from contained files, providing a comprehensive view. It includes filtering options to exclude specific files, folders, or code blocks from word counts. The plugin is designed for writers, researchers, and anyone managing large collections of notes who want to measure writing productivity in detail.
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  • 02.
    Longform
    4 years ago by Kevin Barrett
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    Score: 75/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Longform plugin helps writers organize and manage long writing projects such as novels and screenplays within Obsidian. It allows users to structure their work by creating a series of notes, or scenes, that can be arranged in an ordered manuscript. The plugin provides features like word count tracking, writing session goals, and project compilation to generate a complete manuscript. It supports both multi-scene and single-scene projects, making it suitable for different types of writing. Longform offers an intuitive sidebar for managing projects, scene organization through drag-and-drop, and custom styling options for an enhanced writing environment. Users can also track multiple drafts and compile their work using customizable workflows.
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  • 03.
    Typewriter Mode
    2 years ago by Davis Riedel
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    Score: 65/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Typewriter Mode plugin enhances Obsidian by creating a focused, distraction-free writing environment. It introduces features like typewriter scrolling, which keeps the current line at a fixed screen position, highlighting the active line, dimming unfocused paragraphs or sentences, and maintaining a consistent number of visible lines around the cursor. Additional tools include fullscreen writing focus, limiting line length to a specific character count, and restoring the cursor position when reopening files. These features make the plugin ideal for writers seeking a minimalistic and immersive workspace.
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  • 04.
    Word Sprint
    3 years ago by Andrew Lombardi
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    Score: 64/100
    Category: Productivity Tools
    The Word Sprint plugin helps writers maintain focus and achieve a productive flow state while working in Obsidian. It provides a configurable pomodoro-style timer to track writing sessions, offering guidance and nudges when users stop writing to keep them on track. The plugin includes features such as goal setting, detailed writing statistics, and daily or all-time resets. Users can monitor metrics like total words written, words per minute, and inactive periods. Additionally, the plugin supports integration with NaNoWriMo, allowing users to automatically update their progress.
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  • 05.
    Orthography
    4 years ago by denisoed
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    Score: 64/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Orthography plugin for Obsidian helps users with grammar and spelling by identifying and suggesting corrections for errors in text. This plugin searches for spelling mistakes and provides options for correcting them with a single click. It is currently in alpha, with some instability and limited support for only English text. The plugin includes a personal dictionary feature to save custom words and integrates with Grammarly for added functionality. While the plugin does not yet support 'Live Preview' mode or mobile styles, it aims to offer dialect selection and a plagiarism checker in future updates.
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  • 06.
    PodNotes
    3 years ago by Christian B. B. Houmann
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    Score: 61/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The PodNotes plugin is designed to make it easier for users to write notes on podcasts. With a mobile-friendly interface, PodNotes allows you to add any publicly available podcast through search or custom feeds by URL. You can track played episodes and playback progress, create podcast notes from templates with metadata about episodes, capture timestamps, and link directly to the time in the episode. Additionally, you can download episodes for offline playback and support non-podcast local audio files. The plugin also includes an API that can be used by other plugins for custom workflows.
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  • 07.
    Stille
    4 years ago by Michael Lee
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    Score: 58/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Stille plugin is designed to help you stay focused on your writing by breaking it down into smaller, manageable sections. With its intuitive interface, you can easily toggle the plugin on and off, allowing you to concentrate on one task at a time. The plugin also comes with a hotkey for added convenience. Whether you're working on a long-form article or a short note, Stille's calming presence will help you stay in flow and avoid distractions. Give it a try and experience the benefits of focused writing for yourself!
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  • 08.
    Smart Composer
    5 months ago by Heesu Suh
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    Score: 57/100
    The Smart Composer plugin enhances writing efficiency in Obsidian by leveraging AI to utilize existing vault content as context for queries. It allows users to reference specific files, folders, and even external resources like websites and images to generate more relevant AI-assisted responses. The plugin features a contextual chat assistant, smart content recommendations, and vault-wide search capabilities to surface relevant notes automatically. Users can apply AI-suggested edits to their notes with a single click and customize prompts for standardized workflows. Smart Composer supports various AI models, including local options for offline use, ensuring privacy and flexibility in content creation.
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  • 09.
    Yesterday
    a year ago by Dominik Mayer
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    Score: 56/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Yesterday plugin allows users to create and edit journal entries in Obsidian, with an extension to Markdown syntax. It supports various entry types such as chat logs (WhatsApp, Messenger, iMessage), dreams, and media content blocks. Users can document their experiences, such as adventures or personal reflections, and include images to enhance the storytelling. The plugin also offers features to clean up the sidebar, color code journal entries, and toggle entries between open and closed states. With hotkeys, users can streamline journal management and easily track open entries, making it an intuitive tool for keeping a digital journal in Obsidian.
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  • 10.
    Writing Goals
    2 years ago by James Lynch
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    Score: 53/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Writing Goals plugin helps writers set and track dynamic word count goals for notes and folders in Obsidian. Users can define overall and daily word count targets directly within note frontmatter or using commands. Goals update in real-time as you write, and the plugin supports progress tracking through visual stats like bar charts. Additional features include sprint goals with time limits, a centralized goal stats view, and the ability to exclude specific notes from contributing to folder-level counts. This plugin is ideal for writers aiming to achieve structured targets across individual or grouped content.
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  • 11.
    Fountain Editor
    a year ago by Chuang Caleb
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    Score: 47/100
    The Fountain Editor plugin enhances Obsidian by providing syntax highlighting and styling for screenplay writing using Fountain format. It allows users to create screenplay notes with specialized formatting while retaining the powerful linking and organizational features of Obsidian. Users can easily toggle the Fountain styling for individual notes and leverage Obsidian’s ecosystem for extended functionality such as linking references and embedding content.
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  • 12.
    Gemini Scribe
    5 months ago by Allen Hutchison
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    Score: 47/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Gemini Plugin brings the power of Google's Gemini AI to Obsidian, enhancing note-taking and content creation with intelligent assistance. With the ability to interact directly with the AI based on the content of your active note, users can have context-aware chats and get instant insights. One of its standout features is smart summarization, which generates concise one-sentence summaries of your notes and stores them in the frontmatter, helping you stay organized. For those looking to streamline their writing process, the AI-assisted writing feature allows collaboration with Gemini to refine documents, though it’s currently experimental. The plugin is highly customizable, letting you adjust settings like the preferred Gemini model and summarization preferences. Whether you need quick summaries or AI-driven writing assistance, Gemini for Obsidian provides a powerful tool to enhance productivity.
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  • 13.
    Typing Assistant
    2 years ago by Jambo
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    Score: 46/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Typing Assistant plugin enhances writing efficiency in Obsidian, offering a streamlined user experience similar to Notion. It enables users to create different types of text by invoking a shortcut menu, which also supports quick formatting changes for selected text. The plugin actively follows the cursor position and allows for personalized card generation through link addresses. It also provides features such as drag-and-drop sorting of custom command combinations and quick command search. This plugin improves the overall writing and editing process by making text styling and structuring more efficient and intuitive.
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  • 14.
    Keep the Rhythm
    3 months ago by Ezben
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    Score: 42/100
    The Keep the Rhythm plugin helps users maintain a consistent writing habit by tracking daily word counts and visualizing progress through an intuitive heatmap. It provides insights into writing patterns, allowing users to identify their most productive days at a glance.
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  • 15.
    Dialogue Mode
    10 months ago by Patrick Chiang
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    Score: 37/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Dialogue Mode plugin enhances the writing experience in Obsidian by fading out non-dialogue text, helping users focus on dialogue sections. This feature is particularly useful for writing scripts, stories, or any text that emphasizes spoken interactions. Users can toggle Dialogue Mode via the command palette and adjust settings such as fade intensity and dialogue text color for a personalized experience. Advanced users can further customize the appearance using CSS variables. The plugin provides a simple yet effective tool for managing dialogue-centric writing tasks within Obsidian.
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  • 16.
    Canvas2Document
    a year ago by slnsys
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    Score: 37/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Canvas2Document plugin enables the seamless conversion of Obsidian canvas structures into linear documents. It processes all canvas elements, including cards, notes, images, videos, and embedded media, into a cohesive document with organized metadata headers. The plugin allows users to retain connections from the canvas using metadata-based links and supports customization of the conversion process. This tool is ideal for transforming complex layouts, such as novels or startup plans, into structured, editable documents while maintaining flexibility for adjustments.
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  • 17.
    ProZen
    2 years ago by Moskvitin
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    Score: 36/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The ProZen plugin is a game-changer for Obsidian users who crave a distraction-free writing or reading experience. This plugin takes the concept of full-screen mode to the next level by removing every single distraction, including panels, icons, and even the scrollbar. For those who need an extra boost in focus, ProZen also offers a vignette feature that dims the sides of the screen, drawing attention to the text in the middle. With ProZen, you can customize your Zen mode experience by adjusting settings such as opacity, scale, and fade-in duration to suit your preferences. Additionally, you can toggle on or off various elements like the scrollbar, header, and graph controls to create a truly immersive environment. Whether you're writing, reading, or simply taking notes, ProZen provides an unparalleled level of focus and concentration.
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  • 18.
    Autocomplete
    4 years ago by Yeboster
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    Score: 36/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Autocomplete plugin enhances your Obsidian writing experience by providing a text autocomplete feature, designed to speed up your note-taking. It supports manual and automatic triggering of suggestions, allowing for a seamless typing experience. The plugin integrates well with vim mode and offers customizable options for different languages, including Arabic and Japanese. It also provides suggestions from text providers like LaTeX and Flow, helping to suggest words already written in the current session. With features like customizable word separators, tokenizers, and snippet support, this plugin aims to improve productivity and ensure smoother writing workflows in Obsidian.
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  • 19.
    Readability Score
    2 years ago by zuchka
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    Score: 34/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Readability Score plugin evaluates the readability of your notes in Obsidian using the Flesch Reading Ease formula. It calculates a score that indicates how easy or difficult the text is to read, providing the result directly in the status bar for quick reference. Users can analyze entire documents or selected sections to understand the complexity of their writing.
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  • 20.
    Fantasy name generator
    2 years ago by Lukewh
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    Score: 34/100
    The Fantasy name generator plugin helps users generate fantasy-themed names directly within Obsidian. It provides a simple and convenient way to create names for characters, places, and other elements in creative writing projects such as novels, role-playing games, and world-building exercises. The plugin leverages an external fantasy name generation service (https://fantasyname.lukewh.com) to offer a variety of unique and creative name suggestions.
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  • 21.
    digital paper
    2 years ago by Daniel Fernandes
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    Score: 32/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The digital paper plugin introduces a 'paper mode' in Obsidian, which disables delete functions such as backspace, delete key, and Ctrl+x. This mode encourages users to focus on getting ideas down without worrying about typos or erasing text, promoting a mindset akin to writing with pen on paper. The plugin helps to embrace imperfections during the drafting process, allowing for editing and refinement in subsequent passes. Users can toggle this feature on or off through the command palette, with an indicator displayed in the status bar when paper mode is active.
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  • 22.
    Hemingway Mode
    a year ago by Joaquín Bernal
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    Score: 32/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Hemingway Mode plugin is a game-changer for writers who struggle with self-editing while putting their thoughts down on paper. This innovative plugin eliminates distractions by disabling all editing keys, allowing you to focus solely on adding new text to the end of your note. With Hemingway Mode, you can tap into your creative flow without worrying about deleting or revising what you've written so far. Simply toggle the mode on and off using a customizable shortcut or command palette entry, and enjoy the freedom to write unencumbered by self-doubt and editing anxiety.
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  • 23.
    Reverse Prompter
    a year ago by Ryan Halliday
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    Score: 31/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Reverse Prompter plugin is a game-changer for writers stuck in a creative rut. This innovative tool uses AI to generate prompts based on your existing work, acting as an interested reader and asking questions about your writing. Simply select the text you want to use as inspiration or place your cursor within it, and the plugin will send it to ChatGPT to generate a prompt. With Reverse Prompter, you'll never be short of ideas again, and your writing will take on a new level of depth and clarity.
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  • 24.
    Blog AI Generator
    a month ago by Gareth Ng
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    Score: 30/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Blog AI Generator plugin converts Obsidian notes into well-structured blog posts using OpenAI's language models. It supports multiple languages, allowing users to generate content in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The plugin also processes images within notes, ensuring seamless formatting in the final output. Users can customize prompts, adjust API settings, and fine-tune content generation to match their writing style.
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  • 25.
    YourPulse - Your Writing Activity Visualised
    2 months ago by Jiri Sifalda
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    Score: 29/100
    The YourPulse - Your Writing Activity Visualised plugin helps Obsidian users track their daily word count and visualize their writing activity over time. Inspired by GitHub's contribution graph, it provides insights into writing habits and streaks. Users can create a public profile to share selected notes and writing progress with others. The plugin supports multiple vaults, ensuring seamless tracking across different workspaces. Additionally, it offers Dataview integration for enhanced note visualization.
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  • 26.
    Occura
    6 months ago by Alexey Sedoykin
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    Score: 28/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Occura Plugin brings a familiar, time-saving feature from IDEs and Notepad++ directly into Obsidian: instant word highlighting. With a simple double-click, this plugin highlights all occurrences of a word within an open document, helping you quickly scan for repeated terms or phrases. Users can customize the highlight color to fit their theme, set up hotkeys for toggling the feature on and off, and even display the count of occurrences in the status bar for a quick overview. This plugin is perfect for writers and coders alike who need a quick way to track keyword use without breaking their flow.
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  • 27.
    Daily Stats
    4 years ago by Dhruvik Parikh
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    Score: 28/100
    The Daily Stats plugin tracks and displays the user's daily word count in Obsidian. Users can view their current day's word count in the bottom-right corner of the interface. Additionally, the plugin provides a historical log of daily word counts, displayed in a visually appealing graph similar to GitHub's contribution heatmap. This feature allows users to monitor their writing habits over time and maintain consistency in their note-taking or writing goals. The plugin offers a simple way to track personal productivity and can be a motivational tool for writers, students, and note-takers.
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  • 28.
    AI Revisionist
    2 months ago by Synaptic Labs
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    Score: 25/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The AI Revisionist plugin enhances writing in Obsidian by providing AI-powered text revision. Users can highlight text and request refinements with a single click, using customizable instructions to tailor revisions to their needs. The plugin integrates seamlessly with the ribbon, command palette, and context menu for quick access. It offers word count guidance to optimize AI performance and provides error notifications for incorrect inputs. Users can configure settings such as AI provider, temperature, and model preferences. This tool helps streamline editing by making text clearer, more concise, and polished based on user-defined goals.
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  • 29.
    Write Good
    a month ago by Mark Hesketh
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    Score: 25/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Write Good plugin enhances writing quality in Obsidian by highlighting common issues in English prose. It provides real-time suggestions to improve clarity and readability by detecting passive voice, weasel words, unnecessary words, and complex phrases. The plugin helps users refine their writing style by offering actionable feedback directly within their notes. Designed for writers, editors, and anyone looking to produce clearer text, it integrates seamlessly with Obsidian, ensuring that suggestions appear as users type.
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  • 30.
    Writing
    2 years ago by johackim
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    Score: 23/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Writing plugin This plugin is a game-changer for content creators. It allows you to easily organize and structure your writing process, helping you stay focused and produce high-quality content quickly. With its intuitive interface, you can break down your articles into smaller sections, set deadlines, and track progress. The plugin also provides a distraction-free writing environment, perfect for those who need to concentrate on their craft. By streamlining your workflow, this plugin helps you get more done in less time, giving you the freedom to focus on what matters most - creating great content.
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  • 31.
    Dialogue
    3 years ago by Jakub Holub
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    Score: 22/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Dialogue plugin allows users to create visually formatted dialogues within Obsidian notes using a simple, customizable syntax. It supports the use of participant names, dialogue layout, and style parameters to create an engaging dialogue experience. Messages can be displayed on the left or right side of the screen, with options to control the appearance of participant names, message width, and comment alignment. Users can also add delimiters to separate dialogue sections and incorporate comments for additional context. The plugin provides CSS customization options, enabling users to style dialogue elements according to participant names or unique identifiers. This tool is ideal for writers, storytellers, and those working with interactive scripts or narratives.
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  • 32.
    Focus Active Sentence
    2 years ago by artisticat
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    Score: 16/100
    Category: Note Enhancements
    The Focus Active Sentence plugin enhances your writing experience in Obsidian by highlighting the sentence where the cursor is currently located, while dimming the rest of the document. Inspired by iA Writer, this plugin helps improve focus by making it easier to concentrate on the active sentence.
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  • 33.
    Typezen
    5 months ago by Ilgam Gabdullin
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    Score: 16/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Typezen plugin for Obsidian is designed to help you focus on writing by eliminating distractions. When activated, it clears away unnecessary elements from your workspace, leaving only the text you're typing. This minimalist approach ensures that your attention stays on the content, making it perfect for those who struggle with distractions while writing. Whether you're drafting a long article or jotting down quick thoughts, Typezen provides a clean, distraction-free environment to enhance productivity.
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  • 34.
    Storyclock Viewer
    a year ago by Jonathan Fisher
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    Score: 16/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Storyclock Viewer plugin enables Obsidian users to visually map time-based story structures for better understanding and analysis. Inspired by the Storyclock Notebook by Plot Devices, it allows users to input timestamps and events in a simple format, generating a graphical clock-like representation of the story. This helps identify gaps, patterns, and symmetries within a narrative, making it a valuable tool for storytellers, writers, and analysts working on time-dependent narratives.
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  • 35.
    Brain Dump Mode
    5 months ago by yesjinu
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    Score: 15/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The Brain Dump Mode Plugin for Obsidian is designed to help writers push through perfectionism and focus on completing their first drafts. By disabling the delete key, this plugin removes the temptation to edit, encouraging users to keep writing without interruption. The plugin also features a fun, motivational twist: a shark will chase you if you type too slowly, urging you to maintain a steady pace. This playful approach is perfect for brainstorming, overcoming writer's block, or simply getting ideas onto the page quickly without worrying about mistakes. Whether you're drafting a blog post or outlining a project, Brain Dump Mode keeps the creative flow going with a sense of urgency and fun.
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  • 36.
    WordCraft
    15 days ago by Daniel Fernandes
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    Score: 15/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The WordCraft plugin enhances the creative writing experience in Obsidian by offering built-in tools for discovering rhymes, synonyms, and descriptive word associations. Ideal for poets, songwriters, and writers, it enables users to explore language interactively through various search modes such as finding words with similar meanings, rhyming words, and adjectives or nouns that relate to one another. Users can refine searches by theme or syllabic stress patterns, making it easier to craft lines that flow rhythmically.
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  • 37.
    Musical Text
    a month ago by Tynan Purdy
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    Score: 15/100
    The Musical Text plugin provides real-time visual feedback on sentence variety in Obsidian. It highlights sentences based on their length using customizable color-coded categories, helping writers maintain rhythm and flow in their prose. Users can toggle highlighting on or off via a status bar button or command, and adjust sentence length thresholds to match their preferences.
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  • 38.
    WeWrite
    5 days ago by Learner Chen
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    Score: 15/100
    Category: Creative & Writing Tools
    The WeWrite plugin transforms Obsidian into a full-featured publishing tool for WeChat Official Accounts. It enables users to write content in Markdown, preview it in real-time, and publish directly to WeChat, supporting media management, drafts, and multi-account handling. The plugin ensures a seamless formatting experience by converting a wide range of Obsidian features—including diagrams, formulas, embedded notes, and charts—into a format suitable for WeChat articles. It also integrates AI tools that assist with polishing text, translating content, and generating visuals like Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX equations.
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