Brainstorm, create, structure, organize, label, and connect your ideas under any theory or structure base
Spontaneous ideas can be placed at any point in your story's timeline - even if you don't know whay comes before or after
Search your project for specific keywords and make connections automatically as you write
Import Movie Magic Screenwriter, Microsoft Word RTF documents and Final Draft files saved in RTF format into StoryView
Outline Window - Allows you to create event and write in a familiar easy to use Word Processing/Outliner interface
Outlining and Screenwriting tutorials, templates for Outlining and Brainstorming.
Page Template
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| Reviewer: S. Smyth |
Date: June 4, 2005
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StoryView is a sophisticated layout and organizer application for your thoughts and ideas, a virtual pasteboard, without any of the physical hassle. It is designed to let you work in a fluid yet logical manner, and to think nonlinearly in a straight line - like with a non-linear video editing application, such as Adobe Premier 6.0/5.
It requires little computer experience beyond the basics of word-processing, and any work created can easily be used elsewhere or delivered electronically to a StoryView equipped collaborator, etc. Try doing that with a loaded pasteboard.
Any work can also be printed out and stuck on the wall, if so desired.
The Outline View is very useful, it listing all the events and hierarchies in a single column, which can be added to in the usual cut, copy, and paste fashion for text, and for the addition or deletion of events by right clicking, etc., (in windows), or by way of the menu bar.
The toolbars and toolbar views are very customisable, allowing a lean and mean Outline View display, and a fully loaded Timeline View (F9 repeatedly in Windows to toggle between). These bars are accessible in the same way as with Word 2000, which is a nice touch.
Files can be exported as .RTF and .SCW, but you will either have to have Acrobat or one of the .PDF printer emulators installed to convert to .PDF for use in the Acrobat Reader.
The application comes with a very comprehensive set of .PDF manuals, all fully bookmarked. These can be printed out if you prefer, and they'll look great.
StoryView offers the means for anyone serious about keeping their work organised a simple and effective way to do so, and lets you keep your mind on the job of writing as opposed to time consuming and difficult to maintain card paper and pasteboard systems.
Pairs up nicely with Dramatica 4.0 Pro for the complete structural approach. |
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