Storycharts are genre-based, downloadable story templates for writers. Each one is presented in a 5-page PDF file format like the above thumbnail.
Whether you're writing your first novel or have penned ten feature films, Storycharts can help you plot a story, build better characters an enhance your story's emotional impact.
Most books offering advice on how to write a screenplay or how to write a novel approach the problem of story construction from the viewpoint of dramatic theory. Typically, they hang the Mythic Journey onto the three-act structure.
That method is fine. However, we believe that writers are best served by looking at story structure from many points of view. We offer a different method, one we think is unique among story writing products. We look at story structure from the point of view of genre.
We break down the usual genre designations, like Crime or Detective and then regroup them into our own smaller sub-genres according to patterns of shared dramatic components, like plot, theme and style.
We then make a template of the plot and stylistic conventions for each of these proprietary sub-genres and condense this information onto convenient reference sheets. Through them you have access to an inventory of defining traits for each sub-genre. The idea is to give writers a concise source, backed up by precedence, for generating story ideas. That way you can experiment while keeping a firm footing.
We believe Storycharts are head and shoulders above the crowd, particularly when utilized for plotting and inspiring great story ideas.
Other products give you a generic, fill-in-the-blank, three act template that's supposed to magically apply to all stories. Our Storycharts differ from that approach in both the type of content they offer and the way they are tailored to the genre or story type that most resembles your story. We look at the best novels and movies within specific genres and find the essential plot elements and sequences that those stories utilize. These universal dramatic scenarios and stylistic traits are the genre-defining elements that you need to know to move your story forward.
