# MORE / CONT'D > CONT'D means continued dialogue from the same character, after an action break or across a page break. MORE marks a speech that carries onto the next page. Also known as MORE, CONT'D, continued **On the page** ``` MAYA (CONT'D) (MORE) ``` ## In practice CONT'D has two common uses: a character resumes speaking after intervening action, or a speech continues onto the next page. In the page-break case, MORE appears below the unfinished dialogue and CONT'D follows the repeated character cue on the next page. The same-page character continued does not need a MORE marker. Leave page-break markers to page layout, as in a PDF export, rather than typing them into action or inventing extra character cues. In Plot, Automatic character continueds adds CONT'D when the same character speaks again after action. It is on unless you turn it off under Document settings, and the choice is saved for the project; page-break MORE and CONT'D stay automatic. Final Draft controls character continueds separately from dialogue page breaks under Document > Mores and Continueds. In locked production drafts, these markers still matter because sides and table PDFs break in awkward places. Your job is clean speeches and correct cues; the production office cares that a continued speech is labeled so nobody skips a mid-sentence pickup when the scene finally shoots. ## Common questions ### What does CONT'D mean in a screenplay? CONT'D is short for continued. After a character's name, it tells the reader that character is speaking again after an action break or continuing a speech from the previous page. It is not dialogue to read aloud. ### Do I type MORE and CONT'D myself? No. When Plot lays the script out as pages, as in a PDF, it adds the MORE/CONT'D pair where a speech crosses a page break, and it adds CONT'D when the same character speaks again after action. If your house style leaves out the CONT'D after action, turn off Automatic character continueds in Document settings; the page-break pair stays. Avoid typing duplicate page-break labels into action. ### Why does CONT'D appear after a character cue? It signals the same speech is continuing after a page break (or after an interruption block, in some house styles). It is a continuity mark for readers, not a new performance instruction. ### Should CONT'D show after every action interruption? House styles differ. Many modern specs omit CONT'D after a short action break in the same speech block. Follow one consistent rule inside a draft rather than mixing styles. ### Do MORE/CONT'D appear in Fountain source? Page-break MORE/CONT'D are pagination markers, so let the PDF layer generate them. Plot's Fountain and Final Draft exports include the CONT'D it adds after action, and importing that file keeps it as part of the character cue. ## Related terms - [Dialogue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue): Spoken lines under a character cue. In Plot, a dialogue pass proposes changes, mostly to the spoken lines, that you accept or reject one at a time. - [Character cue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/character-cue): The speaker’s name above a dialogue block, conventionally in uppercase — the label that tells the reader who is talking. - [WGA-compliant screenplay formatting](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/wga-formatting): Professional screenplay layout that conforms to WGA and industry submission conventions — familiar margins, element spacing, pagination, and production behavior that let readers focus on the story. --- Canonical page: