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And again, thanks to the power of text, that’s a pretty straightforward thing. Still, the dream of many is to print Slugline’s Notes right in place.

Typically, a Synopses follows a Section element, like this: This setting is saved with the screenplay itself. A Section that starts with # is considered to be nested within a Section that starts with #.īoth Sections and Synopses are invisible in print by default, but Slugline has a special option to print them if you like.

Sections start with pound signs, and are hierarchical.

Synopses join Sections in forming Slugline’s powerful built-in outlining. Notes don’t print, but there's something similar to a Note that can optionally be printed: A Synopsis element. Synopses: Like Notes, But Optionally Printable Still, it might be useful to print these kinds of notes every once in a while, so here are some methods for doing just that. They are meant just for you, the writer, so they don’t show up in Preview or Print - just like ScriptNotes in Final Draft, for example. You can use these notes however you like.

With the Outline Navigator visible (⌘3), you can show/hide Notes in the Outline by pressing ⌘7.

If you’re typing at the end of a Note and you press Return, Slugline will move the insertion point to just after the Note.

With the insertion point inside a Note, press ⌘Y to delete the brackets, which converts the Note to normal text.

If you type the two open brackets ] and places the insertion point inside.

You can create Notes by manually typing the brackets (even in an app other than Slugline!), but there are some shortcuts that make managing Notes even easier.

They can be in-line with any text in your screenplay outside of the Title Page, or they can be on their own line. Slugline’s Notes are wrapped in ], and are highlighted in sticky-note yellow.

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But they have some superpowers, such as optionally appearing in the Outline Navigator, and, of course, not printing in your final screenplay.īut what if you want them to print? Here are three ways to do that, including a free applet for generating a Notes Report from a Fountain Screenplay. Like everything in Slugline, they are just plain text. Make a choice and stick with it - the format police won't get after you.To help you keep your writing organized and your ideas flowing, Slugline uses Fountain’s simple, embedded Notes. DAYBREAK HOTEL - FOYER - DAY TEN YEARS EARLIER or DAYBREAK HOTEL - FOYER - DAY (TEN YEARS EARLIER) You may run into a deal where your reader has to flip back through pages to figure out what time period you're in because the trailing time reference was missed. I sort of expect people to skim (I do) the slugs and the emphasis can help. These days I underline a lot of the special slug info so people skimming know its important. In other words, if the audience (reader included) have no sense of when the story is taking place and its not present day, give them the info. The title card is just to orient the audience, so if that's required, do it. Obviously if its a period piece reference it in the action. If its a flashback/forward, use the date reference (ie 1934, twenty years ago etc.) in the slug in paras at the end.