# Script Checks & Name Cards

> Plot reads your screenplay as you write and points out lines worth a second look, such as a misspelled character name, and shows a card with the facts about any character or location.

Jump to a section on the website

- [Checks in the Stories tab](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/script-checks#section-checks-in-the-stories-tab)
- [Name cards](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/script-checks#section-name-cards)
- [Turning them off](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/script-checks#section-turning-them-off)

Find lines worth a second look with script checks, and open a name card to see where a character or location appears. Both work offline while you write. Review a suggested fix on the page before accepting it.

## Checks in the Stories tab

Script checks sit at the bottom of the Stories tab in the left sidebar, under your story lines. They list lines worth a second look, grouped by how much they matter, and each one shows the story its scene belongs to. A dot in the margin marks the same lines on the page. Select a row to go to its line. While you read one story on the page, the list shows only that story’s checks.

Plot looks for:

- A character name one letter away from a character you already use, such as JON in a script where JOHN speaks throughout. The cue is also underlined on the page.
- A line about night in a day scene, or about day in a night scene.
- A parenthetical with no speech around it.
- An action paragraph long enough to slow the read.
- A transition that isn’t one of the standard ones.
- Two scenes with the same scene number. The check lists both headings, and each one goes to its line.

A misspelled name offers **Fix**, which opens the change as a review: you see the old and new name and accept or reject it. **Ignore** hides that check on every line it names for everyone working on the script, and the message that confirms it offers **Undo**.

## Name cards

Point at a character cue or a scene heading’s location for a moment and a card opens with what Plot knows about the name: the scene where it first appears, how many scenes use it and, for a character, how many lines they speak and the extensions their cues carry, such as V.O. Select the first appearance to go there. The same counts feed [the cast list](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/the-cast-list).

A name no other scene uses yet says so, and if it is one letter away from an established character the card offers the fix.

## Turning them off

Document settings → Your view → Script intelligence has a switch for name cards, one to show cards only while you hold ⌘ or Ctrl, one for script checks, one for the name underline, and one for each check. Turning a switch off keeps your other choices.

## What next

- [The Cast List](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/the-cast-list): Every speaking character in the script, with how much they say and where — and a rename that changes every cue at once.
- [Elements & Formatting](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/elements-and-formatting): What each screenplay element is, how Plot decides which one a line is, and every way to change a line's type without leaving the keyboard.

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Canonical page: <https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/script-checks>
