Items in the mindmap automatically appear on a freeform corkboard, where you can add a synopsis etc. In Patchwork, you can begin brainstorming a story in a mindmap tool ( 1). You can use the default Gregorian calendar or create your own "fantasy" calendar ( 5). Periods without events are collapsed (here: the three brown lines) and show a count of days (here, in yellow: 1 month 29 days). You can store different preferences as "skins".) (By the way, you can change all the colors in Patchwork, including the background color (and font) of the windows.
#Aeon timeline for dummies skin
Weekends are represented in a different color (here skin color and pink). In Patchwork, there can be an unlimited number of storylines ( 2). Each chapter is represented in the timeline on the larger left-central window ( 1).
An overview of (in this case) the chapters is on the right. Similar to Scrivener, a story in Patchwork is divided into parts, chapters, and/or scenes. I'll try and give a rough overview, using images from the blog. The Patchwork timeline feature is well explained in two videos and two blog posts ( one and two) by the creator of the software. * The same spell and style checker is available in Papyrus, another German language writing software. For German, it provides the best spell and style checker the planet has seen.* Patchwork has two major drawbacks, though: it looks ugly (like an old Windows program) and it is only in German (although I think you would be able to learn and use it even if you don't know the language). On top of that it has an integrated timeline functionality that is, in my opinion, superior to using Aeon Timeline with Scrivener, as well as a nice character development tool. It has the same functionality and document structure as Scrivener (invcluding "scrivenings", "corkboard" and outlining view – I'm using the Scrivener terms here). Patchwork is a specialized writing software created by Austrian programmer Martin Danesch.
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