Storyist is a creative writing application for
Mac OS
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X and
iPad
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.
Tailored for novelists and screenwriters, it provides a
word processor
A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features.
Word processor (electronic device), Early word processors were stand-alone devices ded ...
, a cork board with support for index cards and photos, an outliner, and a project manager.
Features
Word processing
* Support for comments, images, headers, footers, style sheets, 2-up editing, and mirrored pages.
* Automatic manuscript and
screenplay
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Background
After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...
formatting.
* Text Inspector for quick editing of formatting, style, and page settings.
* Style sheets support formatted manuscripts and screenplays.
* 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.
* Story organization and tracking of plot, character, and settings.
Project management
* Project view to keep all project-related writing organized and accessible.
* Import and export support for popular file formats, including
RTF
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Organisations
* African Union Regional Task Force, the military operation of the RCI-LRA, 2011–2018.
* Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, a broadcaster in France, 1949–1964
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,
.doc, .
docx
Office Open XML (also informally known as OOXML) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. Ecma International standardized the initial version a ...
,
HTML
The HyperText Markup Language or HTML is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScri ...
, and
Final Draft.
* Automator workflow support to handle routine import and export tasks like smart quote conversion and style replacement.
* Export
ePub
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-formatted
eBooks
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.
* Synchronization between Mac and iPad via
Dropbox
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.
* Supports storing in 3rd-party cloud.
See also
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Screenwriting software
Screenwriting software are word processors specialized to the task of writing screenplays.
Overview
Features
While add-ins and macros for word processors, such as Script Wizard for Microsoft Word, can be used to write screenplays, the need f ...
*
Scrivener (software)
Scrivener () is a word-processing program and outliner designed for authors. Scrivener provides a management system for documents, notes and metadata. This allows the user to organize notes, concepts, research, and whole documents for easy acc ...
References
MacOS-only software
MacOS word processors
Screenwriting software
MacOS text-related software
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