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Back to life, back to reality: freeware writing software

I have discontinued Story Lite v2.2 as most people just went for the Story Turbo upgrade (new window) which is same but has Images too.

So the old Story Lite v1.1 freeware is back, this has fewer features but is very usable as a notes writing organizer.

Nag nag nag:
You just have to sign up to download the freeware Story Lite. It still has the old nag screen asking for your email for updates etc, just do that with the same email, will get merged. It is too expensive to recode just for that.

New writing course online now with free option

We have just launched a new writing membership site. For users of Story Lite, you can use the new online version STORY LIVE.

Visit Writing Course with Story Live site to improve your writing >

The site has two courses in Fiction & Narrative, Movies & Film Script Writing, genres, many extras, forums, competitions, and coming soon, a social media system. More courses are also being added over the next few months.

The courses have top pro tutors who are all published authors and script writers.

We are also publishing an Anthology of New Writing which is a chance to see your name in print!

Story Live has up to 10 boxes which can be dragged about the screen. There is a secure account to save files to, and they can also be exported as usual to your hard drive. The layout can be retained for further use in Story Lite.

You can use Story Live online anywhere, on tablets like the iPad too, so it is a useful notebook for anything.

If you do a course, you can do your exercises online in Story Live and save online. Then save the file and send it on to your Tutor for feedback, essential for any course.

There is a free Silver level and a Gold level with a low price high value monthly sub.

Why not visit Writing Course with Story Live and improve your writing and have some fun too?

Upgrade to Notes Story Board the business and multimedia presentation version of Story Lite

NEWS: Upgrade to Notes Story Board the image and multimedia presentation version of Story Lite.
Extra features are:
Images
Arrows
Slideshow to make presentations a breeze – with multiple orders of slide views (unlike PowerPoint)

Many other features and enhancements.

Get free Notes Story Board now!

QR code scan image for your mobile phone, smartphone, iphone, Android or tablet

qrcode

If you don’t already have one, get a QR scanner download app for free, point it at this, and you can then save off the Storylite.com link.

QR Code is for Quick Response code.

We have a mobile site version for smartphones.

This is also on the right side of all pages now.

Floating windows idea from a reader, Story software tips

Screen windows Story Lite

Screen windows Story Lite

We had an interesting idea from Ilan, a reader and user of Story Lite software. He said:

“I think there is one feature that is very critical to me, that’s missing. The ability to float the Story Lite window above other windows. Thus, if I want to copy/paste some text from a web page, a pdf file that I’m reading, some email, or a different source, into Story Lite, I can simply position Story Lite above the maximized web browser (etc.) window.”

Yes that is a good idea, we have automatic copy/paste (so you don’t even need to see the Story software) in the new online version out in the next few weeks.

For v1.1, and all the desktop versions, the Story Lite window is in a standard Windows or Mac window, so we can’t make it act differently, as that is built into the system.

TO FIX THIS
You have to adjust the size and shape of the Story Lite window to suit your screen layout, then you can save a new Template (or just save and open the file) with a new box layout, such as vertical or horizontal.

ONLINE VERSION NEWS
We have a new online version out soon, which is a simple version of Story Lite in a browser window, this will have auto copy/paste into the online box, which can then be saved as Story format, or txt and rtf for Word etc.

This will be useful if you are working online for research or note gathering.

This will be ready soon, I will email everyone about it.

Thanks
Geoff

New v1.1 Story Lite Apple Mac installers now released, free productivity software

May 2014:
The current version is Story Turbo – download from here >

Original post
The Apple Mac installers for v1.1 are here, they have a streamlined interface and some changes internally, so if you are on v1.0, get this version, it is better.

The Download page is the main place but they are here, with the Windows installers too.

Sign up is not required now to download the software. New features like a Social Media Forum and competitions are coming very soon. Let us know what you think of the changes.

Story Lite version 1.1 out – free no sign up needed – go get it folks

Latest version of our unique productivity software is now out for Windows (Mac/Linux in next day or two).
No sign up required – just download and run!

This has interface improvements and some minor tweaks ‘under the hood’.

If you already have v1.0, I will email you soon will special discounts on all future releases of our commercial software (coming soon).

May 2014 – new version
Download Story Turbo now >

New video of fiction writer using Story Lite

I am just making a new video as current videos are about features not benefits…

Now live on Youtube and our front home page.

I used Story Lite to do the notes and ideas for it, which is one of the strengths of the program.

I can add boxes, edit, move boxes around, get things in right order, change layout etc, very fast. In Word you’d have to use Split Screen, and all that, which is a nuisance. Of course if I was making a professional final document for publishing I might export from Story Lite as RTF into Word or Open Office and do the pro level layout for actual publishing.

So before I actually start editing the video, I exported the layouts – this just puts all of the content of the boxes, in order, from the Story file out into a web version (HTML) or a text version with formatting (RTF).

I have pasted this web version into here, just for fun really. I also want to see how Facebook’s RSS Graffiti handles this post.

Here it is:

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FICTION

How to use Story Lite

This is main box for editing chapters.

One box per chapter

or One big box for all text.

Can split up text into other boxes for:

Editing

Rearrangement of story sections

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HOW TO USE …

1: Boxes

This is main box for editing chapters.

One box per chapter

or One big box

2: Have a box for

Protagonist

Antagonist

Sidekick

Characters

Plotlines

Timelines

Places

Moods

Highlights

Climaxes

3: Story Structure

Depends on type of story

Simplest is

Problem / Challenge

Struggle

Climax / Success

Might be biography style

4: Working

Show making boxes

Moving boxes

In view
Out of view

Layout design

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Have a box for

Protagonist

Antagonist

Sidekick

Characters

Plotlines

Timelines

Places

Moods

Highlights

Climaxes

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Story Structure Boxes

Depends on type of story

Simplest is

Problem / Challenge

Struggle

Climax / Success

Might be biography style

Modern / post modern

Comedy – farce with doors opening etc

Detective etc

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Working

Show making boxes

Moving boxes

In layout view
Out of layout view

Layout design – arrangement

When stuck for ideas, or thinking, can move boxes around

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Images:

Writer starting story

Using pc to add boxes for:

Ideas

Notes

Main fiction text box

Can use layout of boxes for arrangement of notes etc.

Drag boxes away, out of view.

Drag back in to see or have handy.

At end, or whenever, export all boxes to word processor.

Can easily share file with someone else.

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