PhraseExpress has streamlined my workflow and productivity for more than a decade. Setting it up is a breeze, and it integrates seamlessly with all my applications. The autocomplete function is saving me countless keystrokes. Kudos to the developers for the intuitive design and robust performance. Strongly recommended. There also is an ios version but I am on Android. A linux version would make it perfect.
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Looks like you want something that integrates well with your workflow. The closest to your description seems to be Manuskript although I haven't used it. But your requirement of "keeping notes and frameworks and linking back and forth" should be possible by stitching together existing Linux tools using a syntax like markdown or asciidoc so that you can use any text editor to write your story and use external tools... Source: almost 3 years ago
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