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Overview

The Ultimate Character Development Environment

Great stories begin with great characters, yet creating memorable, well-defined characters can be one of the hardest things to pull off. Now there's Character Pro, writing software that will help you find the perfect character every time!

KEY FEATURES

  • Enneagram-based character generator instantly creates a character spine.

  • Full editing functions help you organize and detail your character.

  • A complete set of development tools guide you to a fully realized story character.

  • A quick reference system gives you professional guidance on concepts of character development.

  • "Writing Mode" provides access to Character Pro throughout the entire writing process to keep characters consistent and realistic.
Character Pro 5 harnesses the power of the Enneagram, a personality-typing system used by professional psychologists, to help writers, actors, editors, directors and others develop memorable, well-rounded story characters for novels, short stories and screenplays.

It's All About Character

Great stories depend on creating believable, compelling characters, but it's one of the hardest things to pull off. The key is a deeper understanding of the psychology of your characters and what makes them tick.

Character Pro puts a proven system for understanding human behavior at your fingertips - The Enneagram - to create a character spine for your character. But that's only the beginning...

Character Pro isolates each part of the character, provides tools and extensive help files to guide you to a well-rounded, complex and realistic character. Then, Character Pro offers a way to keep that information at your fingertips for the entire writing process and makes available a place to keep notes on your character as you write your story.

Dedicated to Quality

Character Pro is the only dedicated character development program on the market. Other products try to tell you that story and plot are the most important elements of a great story. Real writers and audiences know it's the characters. Character Pro takes you through a process that ensures you'll create memorable characters easily, consistently and inexpensively.

COMPLETE FEATURE SET

  • Easy-to-use, interview-style interface
  • Enneagram-based character generator
  • Answer a few questions and Character Pro will generate a complete character for you.
  • Relationships generator: Select the personality type of any other character and Character Pro will suggest what they're relationship might be like.
  • Extensive character-development resources: Name reference, articles, tips, Enneagram definitions and more are always a click away.
  • Your own integrated character-development notes: Enter your own notes throughout the program to keep your own tips and notes about character-development handy.
  • Advanced text and paragraph formatting features
  • Integrated spell checker
  • Help file
  • Built-in word processor
  • Export profile at text or rtf file
  • Writing Mode
  • Find and Replace
  • Sample character
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 5.0

  • New, fully redesigned interface
  • Multiple characters in the same document
  • Character arc graph
  • Improved Enneagram system
  • Expanded character generator
  • Better integrated Help system

Specifications

REQUIRES

  • Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
  • 32 MB RAM
  • 5 MB of available hard disk space
  • 800 x 600 or better monitor recommended

    This is a Windows-based program but will run on a Mac with Virtual PC on OS X.

    NOTE ABOUT WINDOWS VISTA:

    The help menus of Character Pro rely on the Windows Help function. Customers working in Vista will need to make sure that this function is updated on their computer. The link below allows them to update the Windows Help function:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365-8070-334CD175D4BB&displaylang=en

    More Info

    Click here for an in-depth look at and walkthrough of Character Pro 5.

    "Before Character Pro my characters were lifeless and one dimensional. Now with the help of Character Pro they are fully fleshed out, complete and believable characters and my writing has improved tenfold."

    -- Charles Thompson, Los Angeles, CA

    "As president of our local writing chapter, I know that I'm not the only one who struggles with keeping our characters true-to-life. I believe Character Pro will help achieve that and is, in my opinion, one of the best writing tools on the market."

    -- Belinda Bass, 1999 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Winner