The Storyist Podcast Jay Versluis

In this series I’ll introduce you to Storyist, the creative writing application for macOS and iOS.

In this episode I’ll speak about the software’s philosophy and how it differs from other writing applications such as Microsoft Word and Apple’s Pages. 

In this episode I’ll give you a brief overview of Storyist.

I’ll show you how to create a new project, how to create a new manuscript inside the project, what the panels do and how the layout works.

In this episode I’ll explain some of the excellent writing tools Storyist has to offer.

In particular, I’ll show you how to create chapters and sections/scenes inside chapters, I’ll explain the outline and index card view, and I’ll show you how you can see the outline view and your actual manuscript side by side.

In this episode I’ll show you how to use some of the formatting tools Storyist has to offer.

I’ll also explain how to apply formatting collections known as styles to parts of your manuscript. Styles are not only used to format chapters and body text in a cohesive way; Storyist also uses these styles to build a table of contents for both ebooks and PDF files.

In this episode I’ll show you how to save your files in Storyist, and how to keep your work safe.

Besides “save” and the equivalent of “save as”, Storyist also offers Version Control built in, which means you can save a modified version of your project, similar to how Git projects are controlled. I’ll explain how this works and the philosophy behind saving versions.

In this episode I’ll show you how to switch to the sexy “dark interface mode” in Storyist.

Technically it’s just a tick box, but to get the best inverted experience, we need to tweak c couple of other settings. I’ll also explain the philosophy behind Dark Mode, and how to make your Mac’s menu bar match the whole experience using f.lux.