Try a Rewrite on a Draft Line in Plot
Start a draft line, rewrite a line freely while Main stays as it was, then preview the difference and incorporate the rewrite.
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- Play from 0:00: Rewrite without risk. Main stays as it was.
- Play from 0:03: Try a rewrite on a draft line.
- Play from 0:09: Rewrite freely. Main stays as it was.
- Play from 0:14: Back on Main, the original is untouched.
- Play from 0:18: Happy with the rewrite? Incorporate it.
- Play from 0:25: Write your next draft in Plot. Start writing free at inkwell.software.
A safe place for the version you aren’t sure about
A draft line is a parallel version of the whole script. This walkthrough opens one called Quieter Maren and changes a single beat: “She kicks it” becomes “She doesn’t kick it. She just waits.”
Switch back to Main and the original line is still there. Both versions stay one click apart, so you can read the scene each way before you decide.
Bring the rewrite home when you decide
From Main, choose Incorporate in the draft line menu. A preview shows exactly what would change in the main draft before anything moves.
Bring in the changes you want and leave out the rest; Incorporate lands them in one step, and a save point lets you go back if you change your mind.
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Meet Plot: Screenplay Editor Tour
Write a scene, explore a rewrite on a draft line, ask about your screenplay, review an Agent Mode edit, and keep a save point.
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Review an Agent Mode Edit in Plot
Give Agent Mode a scene note, inspect its proposed dialogue change, and accept the edit in your screenplay.
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Ask Plot About Your Screenplay
Ask where your screenplay reveals a character’s fear and follow the answer alongside the scene.
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Write Your First Scene in Plot
Start a new script and write a scene from a blank page: type a heading, press Enter and Tab, and Plot formats every line as a screenplay.
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Keep a Named Save Point in Plot
Write until the draft is worth keeping, save it with a name, and find it at the top of version history whenever you need it.
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When Agent Mode Asks, It Keeps Working
Hand Agent Mode a bigger job, see it ask about the calls that are yours, and answer in one click while it keeps working on the scene.
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Leave a Note and Let the Dramaturg Address It in Plot
Leave a note on the words it is about, hand your open notes to the Dramaturg, and keep or undo the change it makes from the note.
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Choose Which Changes to Incorporate in Plot
Bring a draft line back to Main change by change: leave out what didn't work, and incorporate only the changes you chose.
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Import a Final Draft File into Plot
Bring an .fdx script into Plot from the projects page, check the preview with its title page, and keep writing with every element in place.
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