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The Storyteller's Essential Mac Bundle

What's Included

Mariner Write
$29.95 Value
Contour 2
$39.95 Value
Narrator
$39.95 Value
Persona
$39.95 Value
StoryMill
$39.95 Value
Montage
$29.95 Value

Product Details

Mariner Write

Simple Is Better When it Comes to Word Processing

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

Elegantly efficient and powerful, Mariner Write is your go-to word processing tool for Mac. Tired of having countless mysterious features in your word processor? No worries. Whether you're a professional writer, educator, student, or just need to create documents, Write has just the right amount of functionality needed for all types of writers.

  • View different parts of your documents at the same time w/ the Split Pane
  • Use customizable headers, footers, endnotes, footnotes, or a simple style sheet
  • Work w/ keyboard shortcuts for repeated tasks
  • Open MS Word files & save your documents as RTF-Word files for sharing

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 2 computers
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

Contour 2

Dissect Your Story & Never Again Ask, "What Comes Next?"

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

Contour 2 brings written beauty and intuitiveness to a whole different level. This writing app implements functionality that helps every kind of writer, giving you the tools to keep your story on the right path, and you on the writing task. Developed by Emmy-nominated writer Jeffrey Alan Schechter, Contour teaches you the perfect blend of plot-driven versus character-driven storytelling. Follow the Contour system and you can kiss writer's block goodbye.

  • Answer just four questions to get well on your way to creating a masterpiece
  • Use a fill-in-the-blanks & intuitive approach to identify the crucial elements of your story outline
  • Understand your stories through archetypal themes
  • Study the entire scripts of blockbuster movies dissected through the Contour system

Reviews

  • Macworld: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 2 computers
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

Narrator

Hear Your Text Brought to Life & Gain Auditory Editing Power

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

Narrator is a text-to-speech and dictation app for Mac, allowing you to play back multiple voices in a story. Whether you're studying lines for a play or trying to hear how a written conversation sounds aloud, Narrator gives you the power to hear what you've written so you know exactly how it sounds.

  • Have one or multiple voices in your story read aloud
  • Dictate a letter & listen to it read back to you
  • Paste text or import an RTF, .txt, or .doc file & get it read
  • Control the rate, pitch, inflection, & volume to give voices a wide range of expressiveness
  • Assign voices to read for different parts
  • Use the Dictionary preferences feature to replace acronyms or symbols w/ more elegant phrasing or spell words differently so they're pronounced correctly
  • Export what you've created directly to iTunes to listen again & again

Reviews

  • Softpedia: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 2 computers
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

Persona

Create Better Characters for Your Stories

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

Aimed at the character development space, Persona aids you in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored psychological principles to describe the motivations and interaction between different types of people. You've got tools for outlining, research, spellchecking... but Persona is your one tool for character development. And characters are what will make your story.

  • Access archetypal characters w/ detailed personality traits, qualities, flaws, backgrounds, occupations, & how they interact w/ other personalities
  • Explore unique characters' psychologies & the background that influences their dealings & dialogue
  • See what happens if your character becomes corrupt & turns from hero into villain
  • Create Smart Groups based on attributes like tags, type, sex, or any word or phrase from your notes
  • Construct ad hoc groups of characters without a defined relationship in order to explore interactions

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 2 computers
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

StoryMill

Your Best Selling Novel Begins Here

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

StoryMill is a simple yet powerful novel writing software for writers of all levels, providing a complete database for characters, locations, and scenes. Take your novel idea and suss it out in this software designed to ease you into the writing experience. Purposely designed to include all the elements essential to writing as well as providing a place for organization, StoryMill is the one stop shop to get your Best Seller onto the page.

4/5, Macworld

  • Set daily writing goals & track them using the Progress Meter
  • Keep track of cliches & monitor how many times you use a word
  • Add pictures, tags, files, links, or make notes to any item in your project
  • Monitor the time & dates of scenes & events to keep an organized timeline
  • Compare versions to make different edits & revisions
  • Write in a clean, distracting-free landscape using Full Screen Mode

Reviews

  • Macworld: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 2 computers
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

Montage

Don't Let Your Screenplay Get Lost In the Pile

By Mariner Software | in Apps + Software

Screenwriting is a creative process, but it's not a free-for-all. It requires a specific type of formatting and crucial structure in order to tell a functional story. You can have a blockbuster idea, but without the proper screenwriting format, it won't get read. Montage contains everything you'll need to format correctly so your script won't be just another being glazed over.

  • Provides proper formatting for screenplays & plays
  • Supports importation from Final Draft directly into Montage
  • Allows you to save as Montage or Final Draft file format
  • Gives you multiple views like Script View & Outline View to organize your script
  • Full Screen Mode keeps you free from background distractions

Important Details

  • Redemption: must redeem within 30 days of purchase
  • Restrictions: for use on 1 computer
  • Length of access: lifetime
  • Minor updates included

Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

About the Developer

Seeing a gap in the creative writing market, Mariner Software purposely took the bold step to develop creative writing products and at the same time sought to acquire or republish existing ones. By developing such products, Mariner’s aim was to challenge industry leaders. In acquiring or republishing existing apps, the goal was to provide new technology and an intuitive user interface, as well as the Mariner brand. Since 2004, Mariner has acquired or republished 9 different writing applications for both the Mac and Windows operating systems.

Terms

  • Unredeemed licenses can be returned for store credit within 15 days of purchase. Once your license is redeemed, all sales are final.