The line that opens a scene, declaring whether it is interior or exterior, the location, and the time of day — for example, INT. KITCHEN — NIGHT. It is one of the core screenplay element types.
Inkwell's Plot editor understands Scene heading (slugline) as structured screenplay data, so skills, save points, and semantic changes can target it precisely.
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