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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