App: Storyist 4
Developer: Storyist Software
Genres: Productivity

Storyist is a powerful writing environment for novelists and screenwriters.

“I have now written three novels using Storyist and it has proven itself invaluable to me.” – Michael Brandman, Bestselling Author.

With Storyist, you can:

• Produce submission-ready manuscripts and screenplays. Storyist provides a rich text editor with support for comments, images, headers, footers, and style sheets so you can create properly formatted manuscripts and screenplays. And Storyist comes with manuscript and screenplay templates so you can focus on the writing, not the formatting.

• Work with your story at a high-level. Storyist lets you sketch out a story using index cards and then refine it with customizable plot, character, and setting sheets.

• Keep all your writing organized and accessible. Storyist organizes your novel manuscripts, screenplays, notes, and other project-related writing so you can access them with just a few clicks.

• Create print-ready PDFs that are suitable for online distribution or printing with a professional printing service.

• Create ePub and Kindle editions of your work for online distribution.

Features at a Glance

• Word processor with support comments, images, headers, footers, and style sheets.

• Automatic manuscript and screenplay formatting with familiar tab and return key shortcuts.

• Virtual cork board with support for color-coded index cards.

• Outliner.

• Customizable story sheets.

• Imports and exports RTF, Plain Text, Word, Scrivener, Fountain, and Final Draft FDX files.

• Exports ePub, Kindle, and PDF.

• Works great with Storyist for iOS, so you can create, review, and revise your work wherever inspiration strikes.

FREE TRIAL

Download Storyist 4 and try it for free for 14 days! 

After the trial, you can continue to use the app to read documents for free, or you can unlock the editing features via an in-app purchase. Upgrade pricing is available to customers who purchased Storyist 3 from the Mac App Store. No subscription required.

Release notes:
* Addresses an issue that could prevent the inspector from appearing when running on macOS 14.0 Sonoma.