It’s definitely on the more expensive end of the spectrum, but if you factor in the learning tools alone, you’d pay much more than £200 to learn all of this in a classroom (I did, and I didn’t learn nearly half the jargon that’s in the glossary). It makes you think about the importance of plot and characters in your story, and gives you tools that mean you can always keep learning. Script Studio guides you through the writing process without holding your hand. Overall, it’s one of the more in-depth writing programs I’ve used. This can help you to work out when your most productive times are, and find ways to ensure you write more during these hours. It helps you to see how short writing sessions can quickly add up to form full manuscripts.Īs well as tracking obvious things like how many words you write and how long your manuscript is, it also tells you when your writing sessions start and end. Tracking your writing stats over the long-term really is fascinating. It also breaks down commonly used plot devices such as the elements of the hero’s journey, and legal jargon that I’d never even heard of before (although I’m not a screenwriter so that’s part of why). It’s hard to find easy-to-understand definitions of terms when you’re just starting out, and the screenwriting glossary offers just that. You can still learn from the imagery and the way the stories are constructed, and these will help you to create more vivid imagery and characters in your writing, too. These are obviously all films, but that’s ok. It’s worth taking your time to read all of them, even the ones outside your genre-you never know what you might learn. While you can’t read full scripts (for obvious copyright reasons), it does break down every scene and analyse them from many popular films including When Harry Met Sally, Die Hard, Ghost, Good Will Hunting, and Spider-Man (2003 version). The reference library is a great learning resource. It’s easier to set it up and leave it to do its thing in the background, but it’s a good reminder of how important saving (and backing up) your work is. Script Studio prompts you to autosave your project, and asks how often you’d like it to do so. However, when you’re deep in the flow, the last thing you want to think about is autosaving. You never know when your laptop will keel over without warning (mine did that just the other day). Once you’ve generated your list, you can compile a list of favourites and even add them straight to your character list. It even has names from Shakespeare or Arthurian Legends. It also allows you to pick the first letter you would like, and the name’s origin. ![]() The name wizard can generate first or last names, or both. The sound of a name can change how we feel about a character or person-there’s a reason most words for mother begin with a soft ‘M’ sound, no matter what language you speak-while the meaning of a character’s name can add extra depth to youe character/story. Name WizardĪ character’s name can be used to reflect many aspects of their personality. But they help you to work out what kind of person your character is, and once you know that, you can easily write about them in any situation. You probably won’t need to use the information you figure out from these questions in your novel. In total there’s over 70 questions to help you get to know your characters. That’s just a snippet of the questions asked. ![]()
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