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A writing day is built from small sessions. Reusable snippets,

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focused sprints and a daily goal can help. Tools, then

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Snippets / Macros manages short texts you need often: a

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standard direction, an address for the title page, a typical

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transition. “New Snippet” creates one; a click on a snippet

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inserts it at the cursor position. Snippets belong to the

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program, not to the project, so they are available in

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all screenplays. A macro is a recorded sequence of moves

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that you later repeat with one click: for example “new

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scene, heading INT., action with standard sentence, character X”. Choose

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Tools, then Record Macro, carry out the steps once and

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end the recording via the same place. The macro then

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appears in the “Snippets / Macros” window. Tools, then Writing

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Sprint starts a timer, say 25 minutes, and counts how

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many words are added in that time. “Pause” halts time

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and count, “Resume” carries on, “Stop” ends the sprint and

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shows the result. The sprint is an aid to concentration:

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while the clock runs, you only write, not read. A

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click on “Goal” in the status bar opens a small

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window in which you enter a word count, say 800.

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From then on the status bar shows how many new

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words you have written in this session and how far

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the goal is. The number 0 switches the goal off.

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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.