Why Rushing Wastes Your Time
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]The older I get the slower I do things. And the more productive I get. Of course, this also has to do with the fact that I have learned a couple of things that help me now do things more effectively. But today I want to talk...
Working With Beats In Causality Story Sequencer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Causality - Beats Now that we’ve looked at the concept of Causality Story Sequencer in general, let’s take a closer look at beats, and this time go through their features. Basically everything that happens in your story is based on beats in Causality. It’s the smallest...
Using Blocks In Causality Story Sequencer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Causality Blocks There is a bigger unit for structuring beats in Causality, and this is with blocks. Beats are usually organized in groups, and they are usually for short sequences, maybe a scene or part of a scene. Blocks on the other hand, are useful for...
Working With Groups In Causality Story Sequencer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]Working With Groups In Causality Story Sequencer Causality Groups Let’s look at how you can group a bunch of beats together in Causality. Because if you create a lot of beats in the course of developing your story, it will become quite messy on the whiteboard. This is...
Working With Beats In Causality Story Sequencer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Causality - Beats Let’s take a closer look to beats now in Causality. If you’ve read the introduction article, you already know that in Causality, your whole story is made up of beats. It is the smallest story unit, so to speak, that you can create...
Causality User Interface Overview
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Causality User Interface Before we get into any of the specifics of the Causality Story Sequencer, let’s have a general look at how the software works. The best way to show you this is with a sample script, so that you can see many of the...
How To Export Your Script With Highland
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Highland Export Highland gives you a series of useful export formats, that make it a very verstaile application for interchanging your work with other programs. To get to the export menu, go to “File - Export To”, and there you see the available file formats. The only...
Importing Your Script With Highland
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Highland Import Let’s look at importing files into Highland. Chances are, you’ve already written a script in another screenwriting application, and you want to continue writing in Highland. If you go to the “File” menu, you’ll notice that there is no “Import” function. The way you get...
How To Find Good Writing Classes
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]I’ve done a lot of writing classes over the years and some of them have been very good and they helped my writing and my understanding of story a lot. But others...
A Million Ways To Get Stuck
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text]When was the last time you got stuck with your writing? Today? Yesterday? I bet it wasn’t that much time ago. After all, getting stuck is in some way part of the work of the writer. It’s normal. We try something out, put some ideas together and see what...