Category: Plot Devices Stuff

  • How We Wrote the Greatest Kickstarter Video in the Whole World

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. One year ago today, we launched the Kickstarter campaign for the Storyclock Notebook. We ended up raising over $120,000 and…

  • How To Make Writing Less Terrible (Talk from STORY 2019)

    By Seth Worley You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. Hey there! Seth here. Last fall, our friends at STORY Gatherings were reckless kind enough to invite…

  • Should You Make a Proof-of-Concept Short?

    By Seth Worley You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. It’s an all too common story — an untested filmmaker, in an effort to get their untested…

  • DARKER COLORS – Created with Plot Devices

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. Writer/director Seth Worley used Plot Devices notebooks to execute his ambitious vision for DARKER COLORS, a supernatural horror short from Red Giant.…

  • How to Use the Storyboard Workbook

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. Yesterday we launched our new Storyboard Workbook! It’s built to streamline pre-production for directors and DP’s: draw storyboards, make shotlists,…

  • How to Use the Storyboard Notebook

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. Last year we launched the Storyboard Notebook to help you sketch out your shot ideas and arrive on-set ready to work. Now…

  • How to Use the Storyclock Workbook

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. As you probably already know because you have a face with eyes in it, we just launched a new awesome…

  • How to Use the Storyclock Notebook

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. The Storyclock Notebook is our flagship product, created to help you turn your ideas into stories. Because we’re just so…

  • Story Notes Manager: a free tool for organizing script notes

    By Seth Worley You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. You finished a draft. You sent it to a bunch of people. Some of them read it.…

  • 30 Day Plan To Finishing Your Screenplay!

    You’re reading an archived article from Plot Devices, a company that created analog storytelling tools for writers and directors. While the business is no longer active, we’ve preserved these posts as part of its archive. It’s the new year! It’s been that for 11 days! Like you, we’re just now regaining consciousness and remembering how…