Mariner Software StoryMill for Mac - Manual (Page 51)

Document templates
Although exporting text from your project is important,
sometimes the structure of the project itself is what you want
to preserve. To create projects with different structures you
can use document templates.
By default all new projects use the Novel template. However,
StoryMill comes with two other templates or you can create
your own (more on that in a bit). Choose File→New From
Template→[Template Name] to create a new project with a
non-default template (you can set your default template in the
preferences; see
General preferences , p. 61).
What template you use to create a project changes what
views and items are included in the new project. Take, for
instance, the three templates that come with StoryMill:
• Novel creates a document
with the following views:
Novel, Characters, Scenes,
Locations, Tasks, Research,
and a smart view called
Current Tasks. The Novel
view has a single blank
chapter item inside.
• Novel (with submission tracking) is
identical to Novel with the addition of a Submissions view.
• Novel (Snowflake Method) is identical to Novel except that it has
an additional novel view for storing your snowflake work, and a
number of the views have items with descriptions on how to use
the snowflake method.
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A task view description in the Snowflake template