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Character Pro
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Typing Chimp Software |
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$79.95
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Item #:
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Description
Great stories begin with great characters, yet
creating memorable, well-defined characters can be one of the hardest things to
pull off. Now there's writing software that will help you find the perfect
character every time!
It's All About Character
Great stories depend on creating believable, compelling
characters. But, it's one of the hardest things to pull off. The key is a
deeper understanding of the psychology of your characters and what makes them
tick.
Character Pro puts a proven system for understanding human
behavior at your fingertips--The Enneagram--to create a "character spine" for
your character. But that's only the beginning. Character Pro isolates each part
of the character, provides tools, and extensive help files to guide you to a
well-rounded, complex and realistic character. Then, Character Pro offers a way
to keep that information at your fingertips for the entire writing process and
makes available a place to keep notes on your character as you write your
story.
Dedicated to Quality
Character
Pro is the only dedicated character development program on the market. Other
products try to tell you that story and plot are the most important elements of
a great story. Real writers and audiences know it's the characters. Character
Pro takes you through a process that ensures you'll create memorable characters
easily, consistently, and inexpensively.
Other
Features
• Writing Mode replaces the main screen and
gives you a small reference screen that remains "always on top." You can keep
this smaller screen at the bottom of your word processing program. And it'll
work with ANY other program. This gives you access to your character
information throughout your writing process, as well as your Notes Tab to keep
track of character details as you write.
• Extensive help files
provide instant online program help. You can search quickly for information
using Find, Contents, and Index.
• Character Reference Tools
include a huge name database divided by gender, tips and tricks, info about
character development, and a primer on the Enneagram personality-typing system.
• Search and Replace offers a quick way to change a name, gender,
or other detail. You get to choose which of the five screens you want to make
the changes--or select all of them.
• Intuitive user interface.
Works like elaborate word processing program. The mian page is laid out for
easy, fluid work.
• Adjusts to resolution. Whether you're using
640x480 or 800x600, the program checks the resolution when it's started and
will adjust to your settings. Or, with a single click you can choose the screen
size you'd like to work with. Character Pro remembers whatever you choose until
you change it again.
• The Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
offers a way to have a nearly limitless number of character profiles open at
once. You can have them stacked on top of each other and sort through them with
the Previous/Next buttons on the toolbar. Or opt to use the tile feature to
have them all on the screen at the same time.
What's
new in Version 5
• New, fully redesigned interface
• Multiple characters in the same document
• Character
arc graph
• Improved Enneagram system
• Expanded
character generator
• Better integrated Help system
What Are Others Saying?
"As president
of our local writing chapter, I know that I'm not the only one who struggles
with keeping our characters true-to-life. I believe your software will help
achieve that and is, in my opinion, one of the best writing tools on the
market." Belinda Bass, 1999 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart Winner
Product Walk
Through
Click images to enlarge
Creating the Character Spine
- Open the program to a
blank project. The first thing you'll notice is that the screen is split into
two sections. A tree on the left and a form on the right. The tree provides a
simple way to navigate your character profile. You can add as many different
characters as you'd like to the tree.
Fill in basic information about your character on the first page. Try
to complete as much as possible. (You can come back anytime to add or edit the
information.)
Click "Continue" at the bottom of the page to move through the
"Basics" section.
- When you're finished with
the basics, you'll enter the "Enneagram" section where you'll answer simple
questions to define your character's personality type.
On the last page of the Enneagram section, click the "Use All
Suggestions" button. Character Pro automatically incorporates your character
information and personality choices to create a unique and complete character
spine. The appropriate boxes throughout the program will be filled with the
suggested Enneagram text. You can, of course, skip this step and write your own
profile. Develop Your Character
- The Personality section
is the first section after the Enneagram section. You'll notice the big box is
filled already with text. This is the personality description that relates to
the personality type you chose. You can edit and rewrite this description to
apply to your character.
At any time, you have access to the original Enneagram suggestion in a
drop-down box labeled "Enneagram Suggestion." If you go back and change your
character's Enneagram type, this drop-down box will change, but the text in
your edit box will not. Clicking "Use Suggestion" will place the new Enneagram
suggestion in the edit box.
You'll also find questions to help you develop your character in each
section.
Each question has been
designed to help you think of your character in new ways.
Click "Continue" as you develop
each area of your character. Here are the six remaining
sections.
- The Personality section is where you'll develop the core of your
character's personality including the basics, character flaw and how he or she
behaves under pressure.
The Background section is
where we delve into the dark recesses of your character's past. This section
deals with the character's childhood, education, career and more.
The Dialogue section is
where we learn how our character talks. You'll find out about the subtext and
even get dialogue examples based on your character's personality type.
The Relationships section
is a great place to develop how your character interacts with others. This tab
also includes a special Relationship Generator - type in some simple info about
another character and Character Pro generates how your two characters will
relate to each other.
The Arc section details
how this character will change during the story? Stories are all about
character change. It also includes a handy story beat graph so you can make
sure your character arc is dramatic and makes sense.
The Notes section is a
free zone for you to add whatever information you want. This screen works great
with the Writing Mode. It's the perfect place to keep track of details, like
what brand of cigarettes he smokes, as you write your story (very useful in
keeping all your character unique and clearly defined).
The last page of each section is a special page that allows you to
customize the program. The page contains a box where you can keep your own
notes on character development and any questions you like to ask about a
character as you develop her. For example, if you find a handy tip in a book
and want to keep that information handy every time you create a character, put
it in one of these boxes. As you learn and grow as a writer, Character Pro
grows with you. Put it All
Together - Final Editing and Printing
- Clicking on
Tools/CharacterPad, or the little notepad icon on the toolbar, will give you
CharacterPad. Character Pro automatically combines all the information on all
the tabs and formats it for you. It also keeps all the text formatting
(including different fonts you may use).
CharacterPad is a fully functioning word processor with advanced
editing features, like font, font size, color, bold, italics, underline and a
lot more.
You can print your professional character profile from CharacterPad,
ready for distribution.
You can also save your character as a Rich Text Format file (.rtf),
which can be read by any word processing program for further editing, or can be
opened by CharacterPad to be edited at a later time.
Or simply cut and paste your profile into your favorite word
processor. Other Goodies
Writing Mode
replaces the main screen and gives you a small reference screen that remains
"always on top." You can keep this smaller screen at the bottom of your writing
program. And it'll work with ANY other program. This gives you access to your
character information throughout your writing process, as well as your Notes
page to keep track of character details as you write.
Extensive help files provide instant online program help. You can
search quickly for information using Find, Contents and Index.
Sample character profile always
available through the Help menu.
Spell checker keeps your profile free of typos and spelling
errors.
You have full editing
features (cut, copy, paste) and full text formatting features (bold, italic,
font, underline, strikeout and more).
Character Reference Tools include a huge name database divided by
gender, tips and tricks, info about character development and a primer on the
Enneagram personality-typing system.
Search and Replace offers a quick way to change a name, gender, or
other detail.
Intuitive user interface. Works like a simple wizard. Simply move
through page-by-page and you'll end up with a great character every
time.
Change the default font for the program.
Multiple character feature offers a way to have a nearly limitless
number of character profiles available at once. |
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Character Pro
5
Typing Chimp Software |
|
|
List. price:
$79.95
Your Price:
$69
You save:
$10.95
Item #:
WEC-001
|
WINDOWS
CD-ROM |
|
In stock
for fast shipping!
|
|
| Also
Available |
storyscribe.com also sells
Character Pro DOWNLOADABLE VERSION, for customers who do NOT want
to pay shipping costs and want to receive Character Pro within 24 hours. If you
want to purchase the downloadable version of Character Pro, please
GO
HERE.
|
|
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StoryScribe.com (URL:
www.StoryScribe.com)