#STORYMILL REVIEWS UPDATE#
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#STORYMILL REVIEWS SOFTWARE#

The same for Montage.Īlso an export option for ACC sound files to use with other sound playing software such as a soundtrack in iMovie or as a screenshot voiceover.Īll in all there is not much to be found out about the software. But when viewed from the perspective of interoperability with Word and Excel, Write and Calc are overshadowed by the more feature-rich and considerably less expensive AppleWorks.īut be aware that this review is very, very old - 15 years.įor Contour you only find an old review for an older version from 2009 Contour 1.1, which looks like the software was at that point pretty good for its usecase.

They can ably handle most day-to-day word processing and spreadsheet tasks. On the same site you can also finds lots of more useful reviews, like Mariner Write 3.5 and Mariner Calc 5.2 (emphasis by me):Īs stand-alone programs that provide the features most users actually need, without the powerful (and expensive) features in Microsoft Word and Excel, both Mariner Write 3.5 and Mariner Calc 5.2 perform perfectly. Be careful if you really want to be locked in. That means the character data will be stuck in Persona. It’s a lot to pay for an app that, if all goes well, you will outgrow pretty quickly. Moreover, at $50, Persona strikes me as simply too expensive for its limited functionality. Those who already have some experience may appreciate the character logging features, but since there’s no way to get information out of the app, you might regret locking yourself in to a proprietary program. But here is the really interesting part (emphasis by me):Īt best, Persona is a set of training wheels for writers looking to cut their teeth, but you can find much better sources of information on archetypes and writing elsewhere online or at your local library. The title already mentions the basic information you will find: apparently Persona has a lot of information about stereotypes and not much more. I found a review named Review: Persona is limited, values stereotypes over substance on. I have a general idea, pit stops along the way, and an endgame however, my characters direct me better than any outline I've ever done.īut anyway, the thing I can talk about best is the aforementioned vendor lock-in because that's objectively answerable. 'll be honest: Contour is not something I'll try because I am not the type of writer who outlines in any detail whatsoever. It's a bit older, but there's an important remark that you should keep in mind when thinking about buying bundles of software: It's important to look at them to see if the tools really do what you specifically need.įor example you can find a review of StoryMill under the title Mariner Software StoryMill Review on. While I haven't used the tools themselves there are quite a few reviews on the internet that can help you get a feeling for how the individual tools work or don't work.

#STORYMILL REVIEWS UPDATE#

Looking at the comment section you are worried about a sort of vendor lock-in - having your data in a format that nothing else can work with and getting problems when an update messes up your data or the company goes bancrupt, leaving you with useless files that nobody can decipher, which means a lot of lost productivity.

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