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iPad

iPhone

About Lists for Writers

Lists for Writers is a great addition to any writer’s toolbox. Helpful to both novice and expert writers alike, this app delivers list after list of prompts and ideas for your brainstorming sessions: names, character traits, plot lines, occupations, obsessions, action verbs, and much more! Whether you are working on a creative writing project, a short story, an essay assignment, National Novel Writing Month / NaNoWriMo, or your next fiction book, this app helps get it done.

NEW! Support for multitasking on the iPad!

Shuffle and search features! You can now search any list as well as randomly shuffle lists and search results!

Includes dictionary support so you can look up most words without leaving the app.

Includes a Notepad feature where you can collect any interesting list items for your writing, edit them, and email or print your notes.

Featured in Slate magazine and The New York Times!

* * * * * "perfect to browse for inspiration" - Cult of Mac

Lists included:
* Character - Naming
- First Names (male and female)
- Last Names
- People/Roles
- Nonhuman Characters
* Character - Physical Characteristics
- Body Types
- Facial Characteristics
- General Physical Characteristics
- Skin and Complexion
- Hair
- Clothing
* Character - Occupations
- Modern
- Archaic
* Character - Milestones
- Anniversaries
- Birthstones
- Birth Flowers
- Zodiac
* Personality - Thoughts
- General Characteristics
- Phobias
- Philias
- Obsessions
- Wisdom
- Belief Systems
- Emotions
* Personality - Behaviors
- Character Traits
- Bad Habits
- Hobbies
- Super Powers
* Plot
- Seven Basic Plots
- Thirty-six Dramatic Situations
- Conflicts
- Issues
* Setting - Geographical
- Cities (U.S. and World)
- Landforms
* Setting - Countries by Continent
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
* Setting - Other
- Forms of Government
- Encounter Locations
- Archaic Locations
- Futuristic Locations
- Modern Locations
- Weather
* Genres
- Fantasy, Myths, and Magic
- Divination and Fortune Telling
- Ecclesiastical
- Holidays
- New Age
- Nautical
- College Teams
- Sciences and Studies
- Scientific Instruments
- Military Terms
- Military Acronyms
*Miscellaneous
- Animals (Domesticated)
- Animals (General)
- Animal Sounds
- Colors
- Color Values
- Foods
- Vehicles
- Feeding and Eating
- Textiles
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Forms and Shapes
- Units of Measurement
- Carriages and Chariots
- Fighting and Combat
- Dance Styles
- Bearing
- Causation
* Words - Grammar
- Action Verbs
- Dialog Verbs
- Nouns
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Verbs
- Common Misspellings
- Transitional Words and Phrases
- Word Terms
* Words - Fun
- Rhyming Words
- Gadzookery
- Nonsense
- Triples
- Aussie Slang

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PRIVACY DISCLOSURE

Lists for Writers:

- Does not collect or share any personal data
- Does not contain any ads
- Does not contains in-app purchases
- Does include links to the Thinkamingo web site, Facebook page, and Twitter profile in an information page

What's New in the Latest Version 2.3

Last updated on Oct 30, 2020

Old Versions

Updates and bug fixes

Version History

2.3

Oct 30, 2020

Updates and bug fixes

2.2

Sep 7, 2017

Support for multitasking on iPad
Bug fixes

2.1

Nov 7, 2015

SEARCH any list!
SHUFFLE lists and search results! Now you can randomly shuffle the order of any list over and over, looking for nuggets of inspiration!
NEW lists: Super Powers, Holidays, College Teams
FULL SUPPORT for 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch devices
Bug Fixes

2.0

Sep 22, 2014

Sixty new lists
Color value list with color preview
Updated look
Bug fixes

1.5

Oct 25, 2012

Support for iPhone 5.
Better support for VoiceOver accessibility.
Fixed iPad definition view on iOS 6.
Bug fixes.

We're always looking for suggestions and feedback. Feel free to contact us at support@thinkamingo.com

1.4

Sep 18, 2012

Definition support - look up most words in the dictionary without leaving the app.
New list: body types.
Better support for older devices.
UI bug fixes.

1.3

Jul 10, 2012

What’s new?
The #1 requested item is here! NOTEPAD!
- Tap notebook icon above to view
- COPY or note any list item
- EDIT notepad contents
- EMAIL notepad
- PRINT notepad * (requires iOS 4.2+)
Plus:
- Revised several lists - corrected errors, made clarifications
- Added more occupations
- Added ANIMAL lists! Domestic and general lists, plus list of animal sounds!

We hope you enjoy these new features with the notepad!

1.1

Mar 28, 2012

Additional lists, based on user feedback:
- emotions
- land forms / geographic features
- people / relationships
- dialog verbs
- world cities

Support for version 4.0 and up devices

1.0

Mar 7, 2012

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