Since 1996, StoryCraft has been the Most Famous Software
for Learning to Write Fiction
— and Learning to Be Heroic —
by Understanding the Hero’s Journey in Stories and in Life

The Central Educational Principle
in Every StoryCraft Program is…
The Hero’s Journey

It is the Pattern of Every Great Story — and Every Heroic Life

StoryCraft® New Edition (MAC or Windows) builds on the success of StoryCraft’s flagship software program (known affectionately to fiction writers across America as StoryCraft Classic). SC New Edition  is a multi-award-winning program with 21st Century interfaces and interactivity that make it the absolutely easiest and best way to create every kind of story based on the universal Hero’s Journey pattern.
          Designed for users at any level of expertise from most basic beginner student to professional, SC New Edition  uses clear, easy-to-understand language to present a systematic overview of the entire fiction-writing process from start to finish — as you write your actual stories. This makes it an excellent tool not only for writing but also for learning  the craft of writing, ideal for homeschoolers and all students of writing and fiction. SC New Edition  illustrates and illuminates every stage in the process of story writing by using detailed examples from A Christmas Carol , Charles Dickens’s literary classic that is one of the most beloved and entertaining works of literature ever written and the perfect illustration of writing in the Hero Journey pattern.
          In addition, SC New Edition  contains a complete curriculum and student guide to using the software and fully understanding the Jarvis Method created by StoryCraft  co-creator John Jarvis, guru extraordinaire of the crafts of novel-writing and screenwriting.

Selected Screenshots from StoryCraft New Edition  Software

StoryCraft New Edition  turns the student into a master story-teller, taking all the story ideas dancing in the student’s head and transforming them into fully-developed short stories, novels, and screenplays.  Writing any kind of story, developing its plot and describing all its characters is a true joy with all the tools that StoryCraft  provides at your fingertips.

StoryCraft New Edition ($49/$39)

StoryCraft New Edition ($49/$39)  more
StoryCraft Classic Software/App ($19/$9)  more

Like the StoryCraft New Edition Software (described in previous section) but more streamlined, StoryCraft® Classic  (MAC or Windows; Desktop, Tablet or Mobile)  is designed for users at any level of expertise from most basic beginner student to professional, using clear, easy-to-understand language to present a systematic overview of the entire fiction-writing process from start to finish. This makes it an excellent tool for writing as well as for learning the craft of writing, and it is therefore ideal for homeschoolers and other students of writing and fiction.
          StoryCraft  follows the Jarvis Method of story-writing instruction created by StoryCraft  co-creator John Jarvis, guru extraordinaire of the crafts of novel-writing and screenwriting. Adapting the hero’s journey cycle, or pattern, to the creation of stories of any type or genre, StoryCraft® Classic greatly simplifies the writing process for the student in a myriad of ways, including all of the following:

STORYCRAFT CLASSIC SOFTWARE …

… BANISHES WRITER’S BLOCK BY SIMPLIFYING THE STORY-CREATION PROCESS ~ StoryCraft  guides you in a natural way that allows your stories to flow from you, stage by stage, your ideas arising as quickly as you can think — no interruptions, no delays, no excuses.

… PERFECTS YOUR STORY’S PREMISE  ~  Using StoryCraft, your basic story idea easily becomes a concise Story Concept that will form the solid foundation on which you’ll build your story.

… ESTABLISHES THE IDEAL CATEGORY FOR YOUR STORY  ~  Once you have your Story Concept, StoryCraft  leads you almost effortlessly towards the decision of which Story Category (action, character, or epic) to use to develop precisely the kind of story you most need and want to write.

… MATCHES YOUR STORY WITH A TIME-PROVEN PATTERN SO YOUR STORY’S OUTLINE SITS CLEARLY IN YOUR MIND’S EYE  ~  StoryCraft  identifies 18 basic patterns, or Types, of stories that all the great myths and literary classics fall under, and results in a clear sense of the outline of your story — based upon your particular choice of Story Type — throughout the entire story-creation process.

… BUILDS COMPELLING CHARACTERS AND WORLDS  ~  StoryCraft  guides you through the creation of your story’s main characters and their helpers as well as the worlds that they populate, prompting you to describe the precise elements necessary for main characters of stories of your Concept, Category, and Type.

… OFFERS INSTANTANEOUS ADVICE ON YOUR STORY  ~  StoryCraft  offers built-in help instructions, accessible from every screen, that instantly describe the desired task.

… LETS YOU BRAINSTORM FREELY AT EVERY MOMENT  ~  StoryCraft  allows you to brainstorm and develop unique plot twists at each Story Creation Step.

… GIVES YOU INSTANT NAVIGATION TO ANY ISSUE RELATING TO ANY PART OF YOUR STORY AT ANY POINT  ~  StoryCraft  allows you to work on understanding and resolving any part of the story, wherever and whenever you have a thought, an idea, or a difficulty.

… GIVES YOU TOTAL WRITING FREEDOM  ~  At every stage of your story, StoryCraft  writer’s software promotes inspiration as it gently suggests the direction of your story.

… RESULTS IN WELL-STRUCTURED NOVELS AND SCREENPLAYS  ~  What you write with the assistance of StoryCraft  develops naturally into logically complete novels and screenplays. (The only thing it doesn’t explain is how to format your screenplays.)

… SIMPLIFIES THE REVISION PROCESS  ~  StoryCraft  helps turn the two tasks of writing and revision into a seamlessly integrated process by giving you the information you need to know to revise your story within each step of the story-creation process, from beginning to end.

… CONVERTS INCOMPLETE STORIES INTO FINISHED STORIES  ~  StoryCraft  allows you to work with any outside stories, so that you can easily re-design stories that you had previously been working on, transforming almost magically old notes, story ideas, and undeveloped stories into near-perfectly developed stories, ready for word processing.

… MAKES THE CRAFT OF WRITING EASY TO LEARN AND EASY TO PERFECT  ~  StoryCraft  has been carefully designed and refined so that even the most novice of writers can understand clearly and quickly every task (and yet also even the most advanced of writers find its approach sophisticated, reliable, and practical).

… TEACHES THE WORLD’S #1 WRITING METHOD AND PHILOSOPHY AS YOU WRITE  ~  StoryCraft  is more than just a story-writing tool; it is also a sophisticated complete course in writing that utilizes the Jarvis Method, the system of fiction writing that’s the accepted standard among university writing programs around the world.

… REVEALS HISTORY’S GREATEST WRITING SECRETS  ~  StoryCraft  understands intuitively how you write because its system is based on the way classic literature and great myths have been written since the dawn of civilization.