2/19/2023 0 Comments Storyist vs mellelStoryist has no ability to track changes the way Word does, so the only way to see what’s changed between one version and another appears to be reading through both files word for word with the text split between two windows. Is that it, in terms of collaboration tools? It appears so. Storyist allows you to save your project into a Dropbox folder. ![]() I can do that with Word, too, except I don’t have to view them all in ever-smaller windows but can move them around between two monitors however I choose, and at least just as easily if not more easily copy and paste between the two, which as far as I can tell is the only way these sheets interact.Īnd then there’s the big, big problem in terms of collaboration-more a series of problems. I’ve played with this thing for a while now and still can’t see how these elements interrelate at all except that you can split your screen so you can see a character sheet and your text at the same time. The Plot Point “feature” is similarly useless. Oh, and you can drag an image off your computer or the internet into a picture box. What role does the character play in the story? How does this character drive the story? How is this character essential to the telling of the story? What does that get me, exactly, that I couldn’t have set up in a minute or so and saved as a Word file? And is that really all the creators of Storyist consider important for an author when creating a character? A quick list of physical attributes and “notes”? And while these are valid questions: To create one, click on the icon on the left, and select “Add Character Point” from the pop-up menu. There are no character development points associated with this character. You can add a character, for instance, which opens up a document with text laid in: The various components that make up a project seem to have been only vaguely thought out. Again, if the project is the same as a folder, why not just use a folder, which will allow me to see the contents of the project from Finder, without opening Storyist? Storyist saves everything under a project heading, which was counterintuitive to me at first but once I realized that the “project” was the same as a “folder”, with separate documents inside it, that started making more sense, but then only a little more sense. ![]() At least, not in any way that’s significantly lacking in Word. I’ll admit I may not be using it right, but it doesn’t do that. in some kind of dynamic fashion that will allow you to strip down your writing to its basic components and move it around. That client and I have gone back to Word and for me, Storyist might be useful if I get back into writing screenplays, but for the rest of my work, it’s going to be a pass.įirst, what Storyist touts as its principal strength is the ability to organize story elements to keep track of characters, plot points, etc. I’m sorry to say I hit Storyist’s fail point quickly and thoroughly. It was also meant to help me work with a client on a very big, complex project that required us to be able to share documents and easily and efficiently track changes and versions. A few weeks ago I posted about how I bought and installed Storyist and that I was beginning to explore it to see if it would be a good replacement for Word, and help me get writing more.
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