FAQ

1) Do I need to buy storage?

No. Storage of 500mB is allocated to Storycamel from your existing Google Drive quota. If you use the full 500mB allocation you may optionally increase the amount (again from your Google Drive quota), or simply delete stories to free up space. Before deletion, you can export copies to a separate folder  on your local machine.

2) Will Storycamel be available separately from Chrome?

No.

3) I have " x, y, z" feature-request. How do I tell you?

I read all feedback that comes via email through feedback@storycamel.com. Though it's not possible to reply to most of it, I welcome any useful suggestions or criticism relating to Storycamel.

4) What further development is planned for Storycamel?

The aim is to keep Storycamel an easy-to-use tool for story writing, presentation and publishing, with a strong bias in favor of simplicity over complexity. Further story types may be implemented, depending on feedback. Drag-and-drop is also under consideration.

5) What support is offered for Storycamel?

Storycamel has a single developer, me, Grant Sutherland. It's essentially a writing tool developed by a writer for writers (and presenters, and educators, and anyone who uses words to tell a story). My work as a writer informs the choices I make in developing Storycamel and improves the useability of the tool. But my writing imposes time constraints, and for this reason I limit Storycamel support to reading your feedback and implementing bugfixes.

6) How much does it cost?

Storycamel is free for the first month while you try it out and see if it suits your needs. After that it's a dollar a month. I don't try to get any lock-in on you or your work, so at any time you can simply export your projects to your local machine and delete the app.

7) Why should I use Storycamel?

a) Edit and present offline.

b) Publish to the web for free, without a website.

c) A selection of preconfigured styles and navigation for different stories.

d) No lock-in.

e) Edit and present your saved stories through Storycamel when not at your own machine. (N.B. This is subject to the presence of Chrome on your temporary machine and the usual caveats with regard to organizations that have a policy of blocking auto-syncing through any firewall.)

Storycamel utilizes code from Northwestern University KnightLab to display timelines and slidestories.

General inspiration for the development of standards-based writing and publishing tools: Dave Winer.