Storyist is a powerful story development tool for novelists and screenwriters. With an intuitive interface that puts you in control, Storyist provides. A word processor with a page layout view and support for headers, footers, and style sheets. A storyboard with customizable story sheets for tracking your plot, characters, and settings. A project manager with fast, project-wide search capabilities to keep your writing organized and accessible.
You can work in a linear and non-linear manner and flip back and forth.
Cons
NO SUPPORT. Website no longer exists. You can't get to any of the help pages, which is a major problem because a lot of functionality is not very intuitive.
Summary
No support means you will not be able to figure out some of the non-intuitive functionality. The core part of the app for writing screen plays is excellent.
Pro authoring book, novel, screen, & play
EZepub
Pros
More than a word processor, Storyist lets the writer develop characters and details well ahead of the storyline, dialog, and scene changes so that the writer builds from a framework that supports the project. Exports direct to EPUB - iPad iBooks.app.
Cons
This software is developing and improving so fast that wrinkles are probably ironed out as we speak. Word processors could learn a lot from Storyist.
Summary
At its core, Storyist Software is tailored for the professional novelist, screenwriter, and stage-play author by opening the program with industry standard templates for each. The creator of Storyist takes great care to explain the industry standards conventions for the print novel and scriptwriting industry.
Story Development Tools of note:
Corkboard with support for photos and index cards.
Collage view to visualize the relationships between your story elements.
Flexible, color-coding outliner.
Customizable plot, character, and setting sheets
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