Maybe the most important new feature is the price: Slugline 2 is a free download, and works without watermarks or limitations until you pass page six, at which point you can upgrade to Unlimited Writing.

Etymology. “The origin of the term slug derives from the days of hot-metal printing, when printers set type by hand in a small form called a stick. Later huge Linotype machines turned molten lead into casts of letters, lines, sentences and paragraphs. A line of lead in both eras was known as a slug.”

You press a button, or some key combination, to inform the app that you wish to write, say, dialogue and then you start typing. Slugline works differently. Just type, and Slugline will infer the correct screenplay formatting from your words.

Scene Heading Every scene begins with one. “EXT” stands for “Exterior.” To create a Scene Heading in Slugline, just begin a new line with one of the common Scene Heading prefixes: INT.

FADE OUT is used at the end of the last scene to indicate the end of the screenplay. FADE OUT (punctuated with a period) is typed at the right margin and is followed by a period.

One way to protect yourself is to copyright your screenplay….Here’s 5 steps to copyrighting a script.

1. Step 1: Log in to the Copyright Office Electronic System.
2. Step 2: Complete the Application.
3. Step 3: Pay the Fee.
4. Step 4: Submit a Copy of Your Work.
5. Step 5: Wait for Your Registration to be Processed.

Script Format: Scene Headings. Indicate a scene is stock footage with a dash and the word “STOCK” in parentheses at the end of the heading. Be consistent with scene headings. If the setting is “JOSEPH’S HOUSE” in one scene, for example, don’t make it just “HOUSE” in another.

The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution.

In filmmaking and video production, a scene is generally thought of as a section of a motion picture in a single location and continuous time made up of a series of shots, which are each a set of contiguous frames from individual cameras from varying angles.

three pages

The First Act: Roughly the first 20% of your script. Your first turning-point should come at roughly the 18 minute mark. Give or take maybe 3 minutes.

Act II

In layperson’s terms, the act breaks are where the commercials go. A four-act hour-long drama script can also include The Teaser, The Tag, or both.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.

The three act structure is a narrative model that divides stories into three parts — Act One, Act Two, and Act Three, or rather, a beginning, middle, and end. Screenwriter, Syd Field, made this ancient storytelling tool unique for screenwriters in 1978 with the publishing of his book, Screenplay.

One-act play: The play runs all the way through without an intermission. You still need a narrative arc, but you may have fewer settings and scenes. Two-act play: Most contemporary plays use the two-act structure. A two-act play consists of two parts with an intermission in between.