StoryLines Fiction Structuring Software
| Version | 1.02 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Anthemion Software |
| Release date | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Date added | Aug 1, 2002 |
| Os requirements | Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows XP, Windows NT |
| Requirements | Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP |
| Total downloads | 13,706 |
| Price | Free to try |
Description
StoryLines is a plotting tool that makes it easy and fun to structure your story. Whether you're working on a screenplay, novel, short story, or memoir, StoryLines lets you quickly arrange and rearrange card-size ideas along multiple story lines. The program also allows you to export or e-mail your story in a variety of formats.
Review
This software gives writers a flexible storyboarding tool, complete with a character and location database. Although it works well as an organizational tool, it's no substitute for a screenwriting or word-processing program. The interface makes it easy enough to get started right away, with a large button for adding new cards and a prompt on launch to create a new story line. Cards can be easily dragged around in the interface to help with rearranging scenes. Each card can carry quite a bit of information in preformatted sections for description and content. The content window includes a few buttons for adding typical screenwriting terms, such as
fade in
and
dissolve
, as well as a link to the character database for quickly adding character names. Each card also can be assigned a setting from the location database. The character and location databases are only accessible from the project properties dialog box; we would have liked buttons in the interface to more quickly access these tools. We like the card display, which shows the cards set on the story lines in a graphical format. StoryLines includes a report generator that can format your cards as a screenplay, but the report is not editable within StoryLines. You can export the report in a number of formats, including text and HTML, for editing in another program. Overall, StoryLines is easy to use and the graphical display helps in organizing complex stories.
