#STORYMILL SOFTWARE MAC OS X#
I tested the software on an Apple G4 (500-MHz) tower running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) with 1.25GB of SDRAM. After hunting around, I discovered this is done with the Esc key.Īpart from lacking a way to import files, StoryMill has another major flaw: It was unstable during testing. And there is no intuitive way to get out of full-screen mode using your mouse. While this may satisfy the nostalgia of those who fondly remember the days of WordPerfect on OS/2, most Mac users will probably find it simply annoying. You can switch to a full-screen mode to get rid of the extras, but when you do this, your screen morphs into white text on a blue background. All the menus and buttons in StoryMill's complex interface are distracting. However, StoryMill falls short of the other Mac OS app, Scrivener, in terms of ease of use and design. The Chapter/Scene and Actors sections are the easiest and most enjoyable to work with.
Each section lets you add metadata such as draft number, location, and so on.
When you add chapters, you can demarcate scenes and deal with them separately. Once you have the basics down, you can start to make associations between the elements. The features are broken up into seven categories: Chapters, Actors, Scenes, Locations, Tasks, Research, and Current Tasks. StoryMill's structure is based on scenes, and all other elements (locations, characters, timelines, and outlines) are tied to this foundation. But writers who already have a project under way (and, frankly, who doesn't?) will have to go through the tedious process of cutting and pasting chapters, character bios, outlines, and so forth into the program. If you're starting a new novel or screenplay from scratch, the lack of this function probably won't bother you much. The company says it's working on that for the next release, but, currently, this is a major drawback. One problem you'll notice right away is that there's no procedure for importing a Word doc into StoryMill.
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