# 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. 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. ## Transcript 1. [Play from 0:00: From a blank page to a scene, in screenplay format.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=0) 2. [Play from 0:03: Start a new script.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=3) 3. [Play from 0:11: Type a scene heading. Plot sets it.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=11) 4. [Play from 0:13: Enter, and the next line is action.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=13) 5. [Play from 0:18: Tab makes a character. Dialogue follows.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=18) 6. [Play from 0:24: No margins to set. Just write.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=24) 7. [Play from 0:27: Write your next draft in Plot. Start writing free at inkwell.software.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/first-scene?t=27) ## In this walkthrough 1. 1 Start a new project from the projects page. 2. 2 Type a scene heading. 3. 3 Press Enter to write action under it. 4. 4 Press Tab for a character name, then Enter for dialogue. [Start writing free](https://app.inkwell.software/signup) [Explore AI in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/ai) ## Keep going - [Write your first scene](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/write-your-first-scene) - [Create your first project](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/create-your-first-project) - [Elements and formatting](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/elements-and-formatting) ## Two keys do the formatting Type a scene heading and Plot recognizes it. Press Enter and the next line is action. Press Tab and the line becomes a character name, and Enter after the name puts you in dialogue. The scene in this walkthrough is four lines long and never touches a menu. Plot sets the indents and spacing each element needs as you type, so you write the scene instead of formatting it. ## Start from a blank page or bring a script in A new project opens on a blank page ready for a scene heading. You can also start from a template, or import a Final Draft, Fountain, Word or PDF script and keep writing it in Plot. When you want to change what a line is, the element guide lists every way to do it from the keyboard. ## Watch another walkthrough [2:33](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/plot-tour) ### [Meet Plot: Screenplay Editor Tour](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/plot-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.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/plot-tour) [Watch the tour](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/plot-tour) [0:35](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-edit) ### [Review an Agent Mode Edit in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-edit) [Give Agent Mode a scene note, inspect its proposed dialogue change, and accept the edit in your screenplay.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-edit) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-edit) [0:24](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/ask-about-your-scene) ### [Ask Plot About Your Screenplay](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/ask-about-your-scene) [Ask where your screenplay reveals a character’s fear and follow the answer alongside the scene.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/ask-about-your-scene) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/ask-about-your-scene) [0:29](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/draft-line) ### [Try a Rewrite on a Draft Line in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/draft-line) [Start a draft line, rewrite a line freely while Main stays as it was, then preview the difference and incorporate the rewrite.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/draft-line) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/draft-line) [0:20](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/save-points) ### [Keep a Named Save Point in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/save-points) [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.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/save-points) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/save-points) [0:34](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-questions) ### [When Agent Mode Asks, It Keeps Working](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-questions) [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.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-questions) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/agent-questions) [0:25](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/notes) ### [Leave a Note and Let the Dramaturg Address It in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/notes) [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.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/notes) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/notes) [0:18](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/choose-changes) ### [Choose Which Changes to Incorporate in Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/choose-changes) [Bring a draft line back to Main change by change: leave out what didn't work, and incorporate only the changes you chose.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/choose-changes) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/choose-changes) [0:23](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/import-final-draft) ### [Import a Final Draft File into Plot](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/import-final-draft) [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.](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/import-final-draft) [Watch the walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/videos/import-final-draft) --- Canonical page: