[Project notes]

Hi Daniel!

Welcome aboard.

I use Storyist for screenwriting but have had 4 way splits in Storyist.  It's really flexible!

You are aware of the split window function (between GOALS and INSPECTOR at the top right).
Are you aware of the little "+" plus button at the top right of the editing area?  It's like another TAB in your Browser.  
Click the "+" for another tab in Storyist; then, click FILE-NEW (Or open whatever has your project notes in it.)  You can keep adding MORE TAB windows within Storyist.  They are also draggable/rearrageable order.

Play with it.  There are little icons above each (file) window.  You can toggle views on each one (narrative/outline/beats-cards/AND SPLIT "EDITOR" VERTICALLY! {The 'X' next to it CLOSES THE SPLIT.}
You'll see your split windows with Up to two different views (or could be different documents as I recall). And still in Storyist, you'll have another (window) open in another TAB which can hold your 'project notes'.   I personally use this function to edit versions on my document.  

You can also do VIEW - SPLIT-HORIZONTALLY.    [HAVE YOUR CURSOR CLICKED ON THE WINDOW (to make IT the active window) which you'd like to split!]

Have Fun! 

Brenda

[Pattern for background]

Hi Marguerite and ChrisW,

I’d like them back too, if/when Steve can do it.  

[Can section sheets be automatically generated?]

Have you looked at the Support pages?
 

https://storyist.com/ios/docs/#adding-chapters-and-sections-or-scenes
 

[Pattern for background]

Hi ChrisW 

I am on version 4.2.5.   You're right.  I can change the colors but can NOT get a background image (that could be a grid image if you like) to come up.

 

This is the closest I could come and still couldn't get an image or grid to come up.

Version 4.2.5

Storyist>Preferences>Theme button (like a painters Palette)>Colors Tab>Page Background,

then, Click COLOR icon at the bottom, double click the 3 dots in the Spectrum window, select NEW FROM FILE (AND HAVE YOUR GRID.JPG ready) to select as Page Background.  There is a Color square in the lower left of the color picker (even if I added a picture there... I can only get a specific color, not the picture).  I have to drag and drop in some cases the color square to the color box to get it to show on-screen.  

Close the window.

Maybe STEVE will see this and can comment.

 

[Pin a Window (NEVERMIND... that's what WORKSPACEs do. )]

Hi Steve,

Me again.  🙂

IGNORE THE FOLLOWING REQUEST   (I didn't know about    'Workspaces'!   )

I have imported my third draft of my screenplay (approx 128 pages).  I’m in hopefully my ‘final rewrite).
On my Macbook Air (and yes I am also using an iPad Air… one of the reasons for using Storyist!)
On my Mac, I have Storyist open in 5 subsections (windows) within the Storyist application.  Outline on the left, Text in the middle/Split with (Title and Synopsis+ Word Count+Status as I recall.  LOVE THIS!), Inspector on the right (Love the Inspector!), and a Horizontal Split in the Text, with my NOTEBOOK at the bottom middle.  I’d like to pin both the notebook and the Title synopsis… so I don’t have them change on me if I pull a dummy and hit the wrong thing. 

I would like to be able to “PIN” a window so it doesn’t change unless I “UNPIN” it.  

WORKSPACES DOES IT.  NEVERMIND.

I cannot believe how incredibly powerful Storyist is!  This is an incredible help!  Thanks for all the work you’ve done getting it to this level!
 

[Nesting Folding up Scenes in Scripts Cheat]

Steve - Hi.  

Further comments on Feature Request:

I’m playing around with Storyist.  I’ve been through nearly all the screenwriting software on the market.  I absolutely LOVE Storyist!

But, I’ve noticed that in Novel mode… (books) versus Screenplays, that the Novel side of the house has # for Sections, which then has in the outliner, sections that collapse and roll-up.  I was wondering if you could ‘code’ a similar feature to the Screenwriting side of the house… so, I can break my full script down into sections (in my case 4 acts) … … I might possibly even put plot points in for Sections.  It would be incredibly handy for us and Hopefully not a major coding nightmare to execute.  [I realize that that may cause issues with ‘fountain’ files, but I think Storyist only does FDX.]

[how do you save index cards on an ipad?]

On 10/2/2021 at 7:41 AM, john said:

how do you save  index cards on an ipad?

I'm just a Newbie user using Storyist for screenwriting, but this is how I have it working on my iPad (and how I understand it.)

On the top right of the left-hand side side-bar/Outline Navigator you should see your document with an (i) next to it. 
Click the (i) and it switches from a list to cards.

On the left-hand side side-bar (navigator), at the top right of this column are three dots.
Click them to toggle the VIEW of the side-bar between "Outline" view and "CARDS".  When in the Cards View, double tap a card to select it- it Pops up for editing.  Tap away for it to go back into the line-up. Or hit EDIT in the 3 dots again.  OR in the TEXT in the middle, add  a Scene Header which will create a card.  Then click it to make the card active and hit the 3 dots to select EDIT.  When you click CLOSE at the TOP LEFT of the CENTER/TEXT section to exit out of your work,  everything automatically saves with Storyist on the iPad.  

[(For Screenwriters) "GOAL Option" to Select TIME Sprints (15, 30, 45 minutes or an Hour), please.]

(For Screenwriters) add a "GOAL Option" to Select TIME Sprints (15, 30, 45 minutes or an Hour), please.
I'd like to be able to have a butt-in-seat writing time (timer) when I start... a sprint to write for 'X' amount of time.
BTW, I LOVE the Word Counts (especially in split/outline view!)... helps me identify the FAT scenes which need trimming.  

 

 

 

[Nesting Folding up Scenes in Scripts Cheat]

Nesting Folding up Scenes in Scripts [Cheat]

It's my 'temporary work-around'... just sharing in case anyone can use it.

On Mac
Project:  Screenplay
(FILE) DUPLICATE the script. I did this three times for a 4 Act Structure.
Renamed each one for the "ACT - X"  it represented, 
Then deleted the scenes not in that Act.
That left me with 4 fold-up-able Acts.  

The only thing missing is that the page count starts from 1 on each Act; I get to do addition... but it still works for me.
I plan to Join them back together when finished.

 

[Strikeout feature for editing requested]

Please add a format-edit option "Strikeout" [font with a horizontal line through it].

I am on Storyist version 4.2.4 on Mac OS 12.0.1 on MacBook Air 2020.

Thank you.

 

[SCENE NUMBERING]

Scene numbering and renumbering feature would be awesome!  Agreed!

[My Storyist Templates]

Sadly... the link seems to be down.  I'd love to see the templates!

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RUSTY - "I've started posting templates over at my website."