(1) At top left,
the "About World/Story Creation" button, for
re-opening the Story Design Instruction
Window.
(2) At bottom
right, the "Next Step" button, for proceeding to
the subsequent Component/Step.
(3) At the
middle on the right side, the Word Processing Box,
for writing the details of your story's Components
and (in Stage 5) for writing the individual
structure steps of your story.
(4) At top
right, the Tutor Text Box containing detailed
discussions of each World Creation Component and
Story Creation Step. When the Story Design Main
Window is first opened, this box contains
discussion of World Creation Component #1
("Extraordinary World"). After the "Next Step"
button is clicked, the next component's discussion
appears in that text box, and so on through each
Component (of Stage 4) and then through each Story
Creation Step (of Stage 5). (And when finished,
clicking the "Next Step" at the final Story
Creation Step (#12) will take you to the last
stage, Compiling your project file.)
(5) Along the
left side, the Steps Index Box, which, when an item
in it is clicked, automatically opens up both the Tutor
Text Box describing that item as well as the Word
Processing Box in which you write for that
Component/Step.
(6) At bottom
right, a "Components-Needed" text box (which
appears only during Stage 5) containing a listing
of the particular Components needed to complete the
particular Story Creation Step. In conjunction with
the box is a drop-down menu that allows you to
automatically insert the description of the needed
Component into that text box for access and use in
the Word Processing Box.
And there are always numerous menus and icons available at the top of every screen of StoryCraft designed to provide access to extremely useful procedures. These are dealt with in greater detail by clicking "Procedures." But first, let's click "Next" to look at a sample session with StoryCraft.
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