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StoryBase 2.0 is also available as a download. Save time and money. No shipping cost!
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The ultimate creative writing partner Dramatica Pro 4.1
guides you through the entire story creation process, from beginning to end, and ensures that your story structure works.
It's like having a successful author as your writing partner,
sitting by your side and mentoring you! Unlike writing programs,
you actually create your story in the software.
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Character Pro 5.0 is a new and
innovative software program that helps writers create and develop believable, well-rounded story characters.
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Used by thousands of screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, game developers and copywriters
worldwide, Storybase 2.0 utilizes the power of suggestion to stimulate the creative process.
By providing direct access to an amazing clipboard of narrative writing prompts
that can be personalized with your own characters, Storybase 2.0 can help your writing
project come alive. Best of all, it's extremely easy and fun to use!
KEY FEATURES
- Quickly create customized Character Sets that contain the names of your characters;
- Achieve focused brainstorming by filtering the database with combinations of up to three Mindsets and three Thrust/Action values;
- View suggested Lead-ins and Lead-outs - and build your story both forward and backward;
- Easily export or paste the Situations from Storybase 2.0 into your favorite word processor, visual outliner or screenplay formatter;
STORYBASE WORKFLOW
1. Create your own Character Sets
Create a customized Character Set for each of your writing projects
and easily assign your character names to the Characters in Storybase 2.0.
By personalizing the Situations with your character names, the database becomes alive with the power of suggestion.
2. Select up to three Mindset values
In Storybase 2.0 the Situations are cross-referenced so you can select up to three Mindset values
that refer to your character's present mental condition. By finding Situations that match your character's
mindset you can look at your story from a specific character's point of view.
3. Select up to three Thrust/Action values
In Storybase 2.0 the Situations are cross-referenced so you can select up to three Thrust/Action values
that refer to the present scene or situation in your story. By exploring the Action of your story,
you can discover new ways to maintain dramatic tension while moving the story forward.
4. Browse, Copy and Paste the Situations
Once you've personalized the characters with your customized names and selected a Mindset
and/or an Thrust/Action you will see between 25 to 100 or more relevant, targeted conflict
Situations that suggest ways your story can proceed. Easily copy and paste or drag and drop
the Situations into a built-in text editor, or into your favorite word processor or visual outliner.
5. Expand your Story with Lead-ins and Lead-outs
Each conflict Situation in Storybase 2.0 is linked to several suggestions for ways your story
can move forward or backward. By exploring these Leadins and Leadouts, you can develop narrative
sequences of related Situations ("plot strings"). Easily copy and paste or drag and drop the strings
into your favorite word processor, and use them as the basis for an outline or a character profile.
Remember, sometimes it takes just one flash of insight to get your story energized and moving in the right direction.
Use Storybase 2.0 during any phase of your creative process, whenever your story becomes blocked or stuck.
STORYBASE AND THE WRITING PROCESS
Inspiration - Use Storybase to discover ideas that already exist in your mind.
You will project the contents of your subconscious onto the Situations. This will illuminate
the rich minefield of your own personal psyche -- the ultimate source of great storieS.
Development - Use Storybase to expand what you already know about your characters,
scenes and relationships. Your preconceived ideas will color what you project onto the Situations.
With Characters, Mindset and Thrust, you can find specific Situations that add dimension to your work-in-progress.
Structure - Use Storybase to organize your story. When Situations resonate for you,
copy and paste them into a document. Arrange the Situations into an outline. Use the outline
as a guide as you write your story.
Composition - Start a writing session by copying and pasting a Situation
into your favorite word processor. By offering a starting point, the Situations unleash
your creativity and help you overcome procrastination and inertia.
Revision - Use Storybase to take a fresh look at your characters, scenes and
relationships. Find Situations that infuse your story with energy. Focus on what is essential,
and then go back and cut out what is not essential -- otherwise you distract your audience from the good stuff.
WINDOWS:
PC with Pentium 166 MHZ or higher
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT. 4.0, 2000, XP
64 MB RAM or greater,
128 MB of Hard Drive Space
800 X 600 (SVGA) monitor or greater
MACINTOSH:
Storybase will work on Mac OSX and Mac OS9 with Virtual PC Version 3 or later.
"Storybase's seemingly-infinite combinations suggest ways you might proceed...
directions you may not otherwise consider."
Scr(i)pt Magazine
"Storybase will help jumpstart the creative process, suggesting stories that fit motivations and character."
EMMY Magazine
"A smart program... A whole host of plot possibilities came into focus.
How does this thing know so much about my story?"
Christopher Vogler -- bestselling author of
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
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