Abstract: The invention comprises a computer-based system for creating, editing, and displaying works such as, for example, books, screenplays, speeches, or multimedia works, that include textual components that have a presentation metric associated with them. In one or more embodiments of the invention, the presentation metric is the time that passes when the component is delivered to the intended audience. In one or more embodiments, the components of a work are referred to as “events.” The invention creates graphical representations of events that visually display the presentation metric of the events and the temporal relationships between events. Events may be subsets of other events. In one or more embodiments, a hierarchy of events is displayed upon parallel levels, each of which represents a different level in the hierarchy.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying, predicting and reporting relationships. The present invention uses a quad structure to describe relationships between dramatic units. Story elements, characters and appreciations are mapped onto the quad structure to reveal and constrain relationships. A storyform whose structure is described by the quad structure configuration and choices is identified and provided to a user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying, predicting and reporting relationships. The present invention uses a quad structure to describe relationships between dramatic units. Story elements, characters and appreciations are mapped onto the quad structure to reveal and constrain relationships. A storyform whose structure is described by the quad structure configuration and choices is identified and provided to a user.