The descriptive text of a screenplay — what the audience sees and hears on screen, written in the present tense. Also called description or stage direction.
Inkwell's Plot editor understands Action as structured screenplay data, so skills, save points, and semantic changes can target it precisely.
Browse related terms below and the Resources hub for guides that use Action in real workflows.
Scene heading (slugline)
The line that opens a scene, declaring whether it is interior or exterior, the location...
Character cue
The character's name, set above a block of dialogue, indicating who is speaking. Conven...
Parenthetical
A brief direction in parentheses within a dialogue block, indicating how a line is deli...
