Steve E Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Steve made this post in Announcements today. Since I can't respond to it there I'll respond here. John Martellaro at the Mac Observer has published a thoughtful and thorough review of Storyist 2: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/review/stor...e_story_teller/ I'm especially proud of this one as John is a long-time Mac user and has carefully reviewed the other novel writing apps. -Steve Terrific review! Four-and-a-half Power Buttons with no Cons except "High level of mastery required". Do the rest of you think a high level of mastery is required to use Storyists? - Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoKid Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I don't think a high level of mastery is required. I think some adapting is slightly needed. 4.5 review. Doesn't that beat all of the others reviewed so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I don't think a high level of mastery is required. I think some adapting is slightly needed. Some. I agree. 4.5 review. Doesn't that beat all of the others reviewed so far? Yes: Storyist 4.5 Power Buttons; StoryMill 4.0 Power Buttons; Scrivener 4.0 Power Buttons; Jer's Novel Writer 3.5 Power Buttons; CopyWrite 3.0 Power Buttons; Ulysses 2.5 Power Buttons. Click here for more. - Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoKid Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I was saddened to see that Ulysses only got a 2.5. I understand that Ulysses does take a high level of mastery to use, but it is one of the main pioneers (I also think it has the best full-screen writing experience so far as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I was saddened to see that Ulysses only got a 2.5. I understand that Ulysses does take a high level of mastery to use, but it is one of the main pioneers (I also think it has the best full-screen writing experience so far as well). I was delighted to see Storyist beat out Scrivener, which I tend to see as Storyist's main competition even though they approach the novel writing experience differently. I have to wonder, though, how Storyist would compare to Word (*shudder*) or some other workhorse program strictly in the novel-writing arena. Could Storyist have envelope generating templates? A mail merge feature? Sure. But that takes the program in a very different direction. So, yeah, I'd love to see Storyist take on the big boys doing what Storyist does best. - Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Terrific review! Four-and-a-half Power Buttons with no Cons except "High level of mastery required". Do the rest of you think a high level of mastery is required to use Storyist?- Thoth. I think it takes a fairly high level of mastery to take advantage of everything Storyist has to offer. I know I worked with the program for several months before I felt that I was making effective use of the various kinds of sheets, and then I had to learn a whole new way of working with version 2. Things like file import can also be a bit of bear for newbies (see iKlaatu's and JuliaGrace's initial difficulties). Even then, I found it easier to make sense of than Scrivener. Still, it's certainly possible to plunge in and start writing without a high level of mastery. The basic program seems very fast and intuitive to me. And although I don't have a printed manual, being a beta tester, I love the idea that you can order one. I know many software developers prefer putting help files online, which is fine, but I actually read printed manuals when I have them. (I know, I seriously need a life. ) And I find it much easier to find stuff in a manual than to figure out what a computer program has decided to file something under—yes, even Storyist. Terrific review, indeed, and well earned! M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I have to wonder, though, how Storyist would compare to Word (*shudder*) or some other workhorse program strictly in the novel-writing arena. - Thoth. Well, my copy of Word crashes once a day. If I'm lucky, I can predict when it's about to lose its marbles and save and close the file. If I'm not, I'm left scratching my head wondering what I just lost. Not much competition for Storyist there! M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoKid Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 I was delighted to see Storyist beat out Scrivener, which I tend to see as Storyist's main competition even though they approach the novel writing experience differently. I have to wonder, though, how Storyist would compare to Word (*shudder*) or some other workhorse program strictly in the novel-writing arena. Could Storyist have envelope generating templates? A mail merge feature? Sure. But that takes the program in a very different direction. So, yeah, I'd love to see Storyist take on the big boys doing what Storyist does best. - Thoth. If it starts to implement all of those other features (like word), then it might defeat the purpose of the application. A send to Mail.app as PDF/DOC/RTF would be neat. I was ecstatic that it beat Scrivener, but I think that's because Scrivener trusts the user with most of the work and there's much more to manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 A send to Mail.app as PDF/DOC/RTF would be neat. Thanks everyone for the support! I was thrilled with this review because the reviewer spent quite a bit of time with all of the apps and wrote very thoughtful reviews of all. emoKid, you can mail a PDF as follows: 1) Choose File > Print. 2) When the print dialog appears, click the PDF button and choose Mail PDF from the pop-up menu. Tip: This works in most OS X applications that are based on Cocoa. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Just a quick update. The article has been altered and its URL has been changed. Click here instead. Thank you. - Thoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 I only use a TINY feature set of what Storyist offers, mostly only the main writing and the notebook. I hope to use alot more of it's features on my rewrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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