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Before the first line, find your bearings. A comfortable writing

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space keeps your attention on the story. When you open

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Federio Dramatize you see a page in the middle, which

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is where you write. Around it are a few bars

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and areas. You will not need most of them at

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first, but it helps to know their names, because this

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guide uses them again and again. A few terms appear

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on every page of this guide. They are quickly explained.

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The six parts follow the working process: set up, write,

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plan, revise, share, and find help. Within each chapter the

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text starts with what you need most often and moves

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on to the special cases. Boxes marked “Tip” give shortcuts;

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boxes marked “Important” warn about mistakes that are hard to

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undo. Try these tools on a copy of your screenplay.

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Keep what helps your writing, and return to the guide

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whenever you need the details.