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What makes Story Shark so amazing?
Synchronizes Your Characters, Plot Points, and Scenes as You Write.
Timelines your story from a birds-eye view to the kitchen sink.
Outlines your story with index cards, storyboarding, and more.
Relational database shows your ideas, to-do lists, etc. on each scene.
Yell for help, and "make your first draft, your final draft." |
Story Shark provides the flexibility to work on your story from any perspective. You can start from a bird's-eye view at the Timeline, start building your characters, plot points, & sets, brainstorm ideas, write your "to do" lists, or simply start writing your scenes
- knowing everything is relative and synchronized!
SCENES (screenshots)
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Writing at the Detail Level |
List View |
Expanded List View |
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Everything you need to write your
scene is right on screen. You will write better descriptions of your Characters and Settings since you can see them as you describe them. |
Notice the background is colored coded by Chapter, Act, or however you decide to categorize your scenes.
You can change the colors to any
color you desire. |
Scroll through your scenes and
edit them as you review your
story. |
TIMELINES (screenshots)
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See Your Entire Story On-Screen |
Movable / Editable Index Cards |
Story Board View |
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The ultimate outlining window...
You can start your story here
knowing your outline is creating
scenes as you type. |
Expand your outline with the click
of a button to write more detailed
descriptions of your scenes. |
Visually see all you sets/settings
on your timeline. It is built auto-
matically for you. Re-arrange
them here if you like. |
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Vertical Birds-Eye View |
Horizontal Birds-Eye View |
Kitchen Sink View |
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See your entire story from left to
right. Re-arrange scenes;
categorize them by Chapter or
Act. You have full control. |
Flip the Veritcal view and you have the Horizontal Timeline. It is a
great window you check how your scenes follow your story structure. |
From left to right you can see everything on an in-depth Timeline. You can revise your story as you write it. |
CHARACTERS (screenshots)
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Create Your Characters |
Build Their Characteristics |
Visually See Your Characters |
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List your characters' names, what roles they play, and what functions they serve in the story. |
Develop your characters' internal and external traits by describing what experiences have determined their personalities at the story's beginning in "Backstory," what makes them tick in "Motivation," and the unique characteristics that set them apart from each other in "Characteristics." |
"Cast" your characters using Google images or importing your own. |
SETS/SETTINGS (screenshots)
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Create Your Sets |
Describe Their Settings |
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Location, location, location! You can list where all your story actions and events take place. |
Describe your story sets in detail. |
"Design" your sets using Google images or using your own. |
PLOT POINTS / HOME / ACT OR CHAPTER BACKGROUNDS (screenshots)
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Plot Points / Story Structure |
Home |
Background Colors |
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| List your story scenes. |
Briefly summarize your story and its basic structural elements. |
Color code your story selecting from these categories or you can create your own. |
IDEAS / RESOURCES / TODO'S(screenshots)
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Repository of Ideas |
Track your Resources |
Don't Forget To Do Lists |
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| Deposit all your free-floating thoughts and cocktail napkin scribbles in this repository. |
Attribute all your "behind the scenes" research and keep track of your resources. |
Stay organized and on time with this "To Do" list |
CONTACTS / EXPENSES / SUBMISSIONS (screenshots)
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Contact Database |
Expense Tracking |
Submission Database Too! |
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| Contact information database for anyone with whom you need to keep in touch and your conversation notes. Don't forget to call your mother. |
Keep track of your expenses as you write. |
Submission database keeps track to whom you have sent your story. Good luck! |
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