Storyist
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Storyist is a creative writing application for Mac OS X. Tailored for novelists and screenwriters, it provides a word processor, a cork board with support for index cards and photos, an outliner, and a project manager.
Story Development
Project Management
Features
Word Processing- Support for headers, footers, style sheets, 2-up editing, and mirrored pages.
- Automatic manuscript and screenplayScreenplayA screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
formatting. - Text Inspector for quick editing of formatting, style, and page settings.
- Support for comments, bookmarks, and Wiki links.
- Automator Action-based text plugins that extend application functionality.
- Full-screen editing mode.
Story Development
- Cork board with support for photos and index cards.
- Collage view to visualize the relationships between story elements.
- Color-coding outliner.
- Customizable plot, character, and setting sheets.
Project Management
- Project view to keep all project-related writing organized and accessible.
- Import and export support for popular file formats, including RTFRich Text FormatThe Rich Text Format is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange....
, .docDOC (computing)In computing, DOC or doc is a filename extension for word processing documents; most commonly for Microsoft Word. Historically, the extension was used for documentation in plain-text format, particularly of programs or computer hardware, on a wide range of operating systems...
, .docx, HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
, and Final DraftFinal DraftFinal Draft is screenwriting software for writing and formatting a screenplay to meet the screenplay submission standards set by theater, television and film industries. The program is developed and owned by Final Draft, Inc., headquartered in Calabasas, CA; the company also owns Script magazine...
. - Automator workflow support to handle routine import and export tasks like smart quote conversion and style replacement.
- Export ePubEPUBEPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum...
-formatted eBooksE-bookAn electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
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