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.
Transcript
- Play from 0:00: From a blank page to a scene, in screenplay format.
- Play from 0:03: Start a new script.
- Play from 0:11: Type a scene heading. Plot sets it.
- Play from 0:13: Enter, and the next line is action.
- Play from 0:18: Tab makes a character. Dialogue follows.
- Play from 0:24: No margins to set. Just write.
- Play from 0:27: Write your next draft in Plot. Start writing free at inkwell.software.
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.
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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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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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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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