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Step back from the dialogue and see the structure. Cards,

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outlines and tables give you three different lenses. View, then

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Index Cards (Command or Control plus Alt plus 2) lays

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every scene on the table as a card. On the

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card are number and heading, the beginning of the action,

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the beat note and the assignment to act and storyline.

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Drag cards with the mouse to reorder scenes; the text

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follows at once. View, then Outline (Command or Control plus

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Alt plus 3) shows the same scenes as a compact

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list, one below the other, with heading, location and length.

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It suits checking the order, comparing locations and seeing where

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long scenes cluster. Here too you drag scenes to another

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position with the mouse. The table icon in the scene

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navigator (or the command search with “Scene Table”) opens a

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worksheet. Every row is a scene; you choose the columns

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under “Adjust Display”: scene number, scene heading, page, act /

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section, status, characters, dialogues and synopsis. The columns can be

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reordered with the arrows. Screenplay, then Attach Image to Current

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Scene links a photo or sketch to the scene the

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cursor is in: a location, a mood board, a storyboard

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frame. The picture appears on the index card and in

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the beat board, not in the screenplay text. Federio Dramatize

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shrinks large files on import to at most 1600 pixels.

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Try these tools on a copy of your screenplay. Keep

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what helps your writing, and return to the guide whenever

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you need the details.