Over the next couple of Staying On Script articles, I’ll take a look at Storyist 2′s myriad features and how they integrate. In this article, though, I’ll just focus on getting started, as that takes some time. Storyist is powerful, but a bit unintuitive. You project will likely be delayed as you learn the software, but you’ll hopefully make up for lost time with an organized project once you get the hang of it.

In late August / early September, Appletell ran a giveaway in cooperation with the good folks at Storyist for two free copies of their recently released Storyist 2 novel/screenwriting software. To enter, contestants simply had to tell us the title of the work they’d write with the software, and the staff at the Storyist would choose the two they felt were teh best. The submissions are in, and the winners have been selected.

Today is the last day we’ll be accepting entries in our Storyist 2 giveaway. Two entrants will be awarded free registration numbers for the download version of this last iteration of the popular novel/screenwriting software. If you’ve ever had a great idea for a novel or movie but didn’t know how to go about getting it started, Storyist 2 is perfect for helping you to organize, format, and complete your projec

Are you one of those people who complain every year because you’re tired of remakes and sequels and Hollywood just isn’t putting out anything good anymore? Well, there are two things you can do about. First, dig past Entertainment Tonight for your movie options. Second, write your own movie. It’s seriously not that hard, and we’ve even got some free software to help you get started. To win a copy of Storyist 2, you just need to give us your title.

It’s been a slow summer since the launch of iPhone OS 3.0, so this edition of the Appletellcast looks outside of Apple towards Google, where Bill explains why Google Chrome will not have as big an impact as we first thought. Also, Kirk laments the loss of the Genius Bar’s usefulness, both commentators discuss some helpful apps, and a Storyist 2 competition is announced.