Re: Writer's Blocks 3

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Outliners.com Message ID: 3595

Posted by sbrt
2005-07-30 11:57:43

Storyview is a very good software, while it’s not that easy to use (especially when you want to track a character). I think it belongs to screenwriter teams, where it’s important to communicate on large printed pane. Indeed, Storyview can print out very large documents (the timeline) on multiple pages side by side, and that seems to be unique. But I’m not very comfortable with that big timeline, I prefer ordered cards, and that’s why SNC is better to me. I also tried StoryLines from Anthemion Software http://www.writerscafe.co.uk/ but, again, the 1D timeline is too long when your novel gets big. Cards are better, just because you can order them in a 2D area, like on a real desk.

A last word about Storyview: the (one-pane) outliner is very good, you can design your own template hierarchy, and it’s the only one I’ve found which auto-number the nodes (“chapter 2” becomes “chapter 3” if you insert a chapter before, etc). That seems to be the ultimate forgotten feature in all outliners (including Treepad, etc): they never auto-number their nodes!!!

Sebastien

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