Mariner Software StoryMill for Mac - Manual (Page 17)

Chapter 2: Views, Chapters, Timelines, Tags
Using the information from Chapter 1, you should have a grasp on
the basics of using StoryMillʼs views and items. However, there
are four specific features that form StoryMillʼs core that deserve a
more in-depth look: views, editing, timelines, and tags.
All of these features were touched on in Chapter 1, but hereʼs a
quick run-down:
Scenes are the basic building blocks for everything written in
StoryMill. Within the scenes container view in the source list,
scenes are organized in the order they occur in the written work.
Scenes have a broad amount of information attached to them,
including characters, locations, start and end dates, and
storylines.
Chapters - the first item list in your novel view - provide an easy
way to gather scenes into groups. If you arenʼt organizing or
jotting down details and backstory, youʼll probably be working with
the chapters of your novel.
Timelines are a second way to look at your scenes. Whereas the
scenes view is ordered by when scenes occur in the narrative, the
timeline orders scenes based on when they fall in time. Timelines
put your scenes in context with one another, regardless of
narrative order.
Tags provide an easy way to organize and sort any item in
StoryMill in conjunction with smart views.
In this chapter:
• Working with views
• Working with chapters
• Editing in the project window
• Timelines
• Storylines
• Editing scenes in the timeline
• Events
• Tags
• Smart views
• Trial version and registration
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