![]() ![]() ![]() Parentheticals indented after the character prompt, in parentheses. Use celtx for silent film full#Stage directions not full width and italicized, with first references to characters uppercaseĬharacter name prompts uppercase, either left aligned or centered Scene/Act headers centered, uppercase, and underlined ![]() It's easy to pick out the main formatting themes and run with them. Overlapping dialog in columns, with slashes, or just noted as overlapping. Stage directions that are centered and justified, or that are 50% width right aligned. Mix and match usage of stage directions and parentheticals. Character names centered or left aligned. That's why you can read a dozen scripts and see a dozen variations on things. Theatrical scriptwriting isn't quite as formal as screenplay writing is. Simple, easy to take out into other software and tweak. I use Celtx for my scriptwriting, and I'm a big fan of how it formats too. Same deal - find one that you think does what you need and use that to create a Word or LibreOffice stylesheet. But for my Youtube videos where its just me speaking I use word. There are several "style guides" available online. Back when I was into screenwriting I used Celtx which is a pretty simple and most importantly free script writing software. Find a playwright you like, who you think uses a format that makes the script easily accessible and mimic that as your format. ![]()
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