Storyist

Working with Story Sheets

About Story Sheets

Story sheets are customizable forms tailored for novel writing and screenwriting. They help you keep relevant information about story elements (such as plot, character, and setting) readily accessible while you are writing.

You can use the story sheets to record information such as a character’s physical description, details about a setting, or notes about what happens in a particular section of your story.

To add a story sheet to your project:

  1. Open a Storyist project.
  2. Navigate to the folder where you would like to keep the story sheet.
  3. Tap the Add (+) button and choose Story Sheet from the list.
  4. Select a story sheet from the available templates.

Story sheets contain sections for a title (or name), an image, a summary, and for detailed notes.

Customizing Story Sheet Fields

On iPad, story sheet also provide a set of fields you can use to record information about story elements. In a character story sheet, for example, the available fields are Age, Gender, Eye Color, Hair Color, and Build.

To add a field to a story sheet:

  1. Tap in any field. The Edit button for the collection of fields appears.
  2. Tap the Edit button.
  3. Tap the Add Field button.
  4. Select a field from the popup list that appears.

To remove a field from a story sheet:

  1. Tap the field name you want to remove. The Edit button appears.
  2. Tap the Edit button.
  3. Tap the Delete button next to the field you want to delete.

Adding Images to Story Sheets

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. You might imagine a particular actor playing your protagonist or a specific building as a setting for a scene. To help you keep a visual representation of your various story elements in your mind’s eye, Storyist lets you to import images into story sheets.

To add an image to a story sheet:

  1. Open a story sheet.
  2. Tap the sheet icon in the upper right corner of the sheet.
  3. Select “Choose from Project” or “Import from Photos App,” as appropriate.
  4. Choose an image from the image picker that appears.

Alternately, you can copy an image (from a webpage, for example), tap the sheet icon, and tap Paste.