# \#scriptwriting **URL:** https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/tag/scriptwriting/45.md [Latest](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/tags.md) --- ## [Word count in script mode](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/word-count-in-script-mode/147198)
**Author:** [@poeticplenties](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/poeticplenties)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/word-count-in-script-mode/147198 "2026-10-20T00:20:14Z")
I know that word count is not default in script mode but I wondered if there is a way to do a word count when in script mode pls? I have script pages in my novel so thsoe pages need to go towards the word count for my no… --- ## [Non-scriptwriting projects defaulting to scriptwriting styles](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/non-scriptwriting-projects-defaulting-to-scriptwriting-styles/154817)
**Author:** [@RobSF](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/RobSF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/non-scriptwriting-projects-defaulting-to-scriptwriting-styles/154817 "2026-10-02T16:34:27Z")
I decided to try a scriptwriting project in iOS Scrivener. Now, in all my other projects, the styles have changed to scriptwriting specs for their definitions. “Body,” for instance, is in Courier, with a left indent. Th… --- ## [Tab doesn't tab instead acts like a return to nextline](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/tab-doesnt-tab-instead-acts-like-a-return-to-nextline/154496)
**Author:** [@Selki](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Selki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/tab-doesnt-tab-instead-acts-like-a-return-to-nextline/154496 "2026-08-22T04:24:40Z")
HI, Tab used to work, suddenly on current document it just returns to next line and refuses to tab. In formatting I have it set on .5 so there must be another place to deal with tab being a tab? thanks! --- ## [Dual Dialogue in Scriptwriting PLEASE!](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dual-dialogue-in-scriptwriting-please/145872)
**Author:** [@ahsalerno](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/ahsalerno)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/dual-dialogue-in-scriptwriting-please/145872 "2026-08-21T15:01:39Z")
Scrivener’s Scriptwriting template is almost perfect. Please add a dual dialogue option in the Editor window as a drop down option. The current way to accomplish this is clumsy and very unreliable. Can’t we get a formatt… --- ## [2 Script Mode Bugs: Shot Element and Fountain export](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/2-script-mode-bugs-shot-element-and-fountain-export/153909)
**Author:** [@DBM](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/DBM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/2-script-mode-bugs-shot-element-and-fountain-export/153909 "2026-06-29T22:41:11Z")
Bug #1 Shot Element setting ‘Paragraph \> Space Before’ should be 12.00pt by default not 24.00pt. The default Shot Element settings are completely redundant with the default Scene Heading Element settings. Because of th… --- ## [Help. Im confuse when writing in the screenplay format](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/help-im-confuse-when-writing-in-the-screenplay-format/154087)
**Author:** [@Multi-CUBE22](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Multi-CUBE22)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/help-im-confuse-when-writing-in-the-screenplay-format/154087 "2026-06-21T10:57:16Z")
When I writing in the screenplay format, the letters are lowercase. When I write in the scene tab of the screenplay templates. All the letter becomes capitalized but I did not press caps lock. The letters suddenly became… --- ## [How do I use a template when writing a \[blank\] for a film or TV Script?](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-template-when-writing-a-blank-for-a-film-or-tv-script/154021)
**Author:** [@Multi-CUBE22](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Multi-CUBE22)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-template-when-writing-a-blank-for-a-film-or-tv-script/154021 "2026-06-11T14:55:25Z")
How do I use a template for a film or TV script or just a \[Blank\] and just the template as a building block for writing a script? My first time using the software and this was more the cheaper alternative than Final Dra… --- ## [How I can change the default editor for scripts?](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-i-can-change-the-default-editor-for-scripts/153863)
**Author:** [@mikehoward](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/mikehoward)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-i-can-change-the-default-editor-for-scripts/153863 "2026-05-22T20:43:09Z")
Is there any way I can set up scrivener to use ‘Final Draft’ to edit my screenplay rather than Scivener’s built in features? --- ## [Scrivener as the main screenwriting program](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-as-the-main-screenwriting-program/150039)
**Author:** [@ptram](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/ptram)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-as-the-main-screenwriting-program/150039 "2026-05-21T20:06:53Z")
Hi, I would like to ask an update about using Scrivener as a screenwriting software. I wonder if the old discussions still apply to the latest version of the software. The manual itself is quite dismissive, in stating … --- ## [Screenplay - character names syntax \[keeping them centred\]](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/screenplay-character-names-syntax-keeping-them-centred/153481)
**Author:** [@AJinOHIO](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AJinOHIO)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/screenplay-character-names-syntax-keeping-them-centred/153481 "2026-04-09T22:23:34Z")
when typing or selecting a characters name it centers that text. but when you modify/add to the name it does not. is there a way to change this so it’s always centered whether the original name or the modified version? … --- ## [Changing style from Action to SCENE HEADING coverts it to all caps — but not vice versa](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/changing-style-from-action-to-scene-heading-coverts-it-to-all-caps-but-not-vice-versa/153456)
**Author:** [@Veramilo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Veramilo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/changing-style-from-action-to-scene-heading-coverts-it-to-all-caps-but-not-vice-versa/153456 "2026-04-03T17:25:37Z")
Something about script styles that’s troubling for me is that when I mistakenly select, say, SCENE HEADING for a passage I typed in lower case, it literally converts it to all caps. This means when I later try to change … --- ## [Buttons for screenplay styles on ipad](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/buttons-for-screenplay-styles-on-ipad/153455)
**Author:** [@Veramilo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Veramilo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/buttons-for-screenplay-styles-on-ipad/153455 "2026-04-03T16:51:36Z")
I accept that Scrivener isn’t intended to be Final Draft, but it’s much more convenient to have early-draft scripts in the same program as my notes and research and export to FD later. Plus I work on my iPad most of the … --- ## [Screenplay formatting issue \[undoing all caps treatment automatically\]](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/screenplay-formatting-issue-undoing-all-caps-treatment-automatically/153422)
**Author:** [@Veramilo](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Veramilo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/screenplay-formatting-issue-undoing-all-caps-treatment-automatically/153422 "2026-04-02T17:26:47Z")
Note: I use Scrivener on an iPad Pro with no external keyboard (yet) so I can’t touch type and I have no options for keyboard commands… Whenever my finger slips to the wrong style in the screenplay formatting menu and I… --- ## [Strange text doc with yellow icon](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/strange-text-doc-with-yellow-icon/126985)
**Author:** [@greiggy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/greiggy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/strange-text-doc-with-yellow-icon/126985 "2026-03-30T13:55:27Z")
A regular text doc changed to having a yellow icon and the word/character count no longer displayed. It’s as if it was transformed into some kind of note… I use Scrivener day in, day out and have seen this before a few … --- ## [Scrivener 1 script settings, FDX format](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-1-script-settings-fdx-format/152950)
**Author:** [@simeva](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/simeva)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-1-script-settings-fdx-format/152950 "2026-02-02T03:02:51Z")
I’ve got a screenplay I wrote on Scrivener 1 some years ago, now converted to Scriv3 format. I used to make extensive use of Scrivener script settings, and then exported to fdx and tidied it up in Final Draft. I think th… --- ## [Keyboard Shortcuts for Scriptwriting Tool?](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-scriptwriting-tool/29969)
**Author:** [@Kawasaki](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Kawasaki)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-scriptwriting-tool/29969 "2026-01-26T15:11:08Z")
I want to use keyboard shortcuts for Character, Dialogue etc in script writing mode. I see C is given for Character, but no matter what combination of keys I use, I can’t get the cursor to jump to the right position, and… --- ## [Weird formatting for compiled screenplay \[pages appear too small\]](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/weird-formatting-for-compiled-screenplay-pages-appear-too-small/152872)
**Author:** [@libraryguy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/libraryguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/weird-formatting-for-compiled-screenplay-pages-appear-too-small/152872 "2026-01-21T17:38:13Z")
Hi everyone! Relative Scrivener noob here. Wrote a practice screenplay and everything was good until I compiled it and what I got was a PDF broken up into small rectangular pages with the formatting also way off (it als… --- ## [Implement paragraph styles into the script settings](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/implement-paragraph-styles-into-the-script-settings/152294)
**Author:** [@FSPRDS](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/FSPRDS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/implement-paragraph-styles-into-the-script-settings/152294 "2025-11-19T03:39:45Z")
I’m a comic writer (with some development experience). I first want to say that I’ve been using scrivener for a long time, definitely since early version 1. I am current with the versions and have loved the evolution of … --- ## [Scriptwriting auto-complete not working in 3.5.1](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-auto-complete-not-working-in-3-5-1/152114)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Wombat](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Dr_Wombat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-auto-complete-not-working-in-3-5-1/152114 "2025-11-08T21:49:24Z")
Scrivener 3.5.1 Mac OS 15.6.1 When I write a script, Character names should auto-complete on the first letter of the name. Since updating to v.3.5.1 this do longer happens, even though the names are in Project Auto-com… --- ## [Menu appears when I press my “Enter” key](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548)
**Author:** [@et226](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/et226)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/menu-appears-when-i-press-my-enter-key/93548 "2025-11-08T13:57:33Z")
I was writing something, when I pressed my “Enter” key to get to a new line, my cursor didn’t move, and showed a drop-down menu just like this: now I have to us Ctrl+Enter to get to a new line, and this problem just … --- ## [Appending (MORE) to dialogue split across pages in Script Mode?](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/appending-more-to-dialogue-split-across-pages-in-script-mode/128389)
**Author:** [@Maltpoet](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Maltpoet)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/appending-more-to-dialogue-split-across-pages-in-script-mode/128389 "2025-10-02T01:17:00Z")
Hello, when I compile to PDF and one character’s dialogue is spread across multiple pages, how do I get (MORE) to automatically apply itself to the top of the second page of dialogue? People in my screenwriting group are… --- ## [Scriptwriting advice (and AI) for a 14 year old](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-advice-and-ai-for-a-14-year-old/150614)
**Author:** [@pigfender](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/pigfender)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-advice-and-ai-for-a-14-year-old/150614 "2025-09-19T23:11:41Z")
I have recently been approached for advice by someone whose 14 year old son wants to be a screenwriter.\[1\] Their son has been writing as much as they can (including starting a sitcom!), but they (the parent) wondered wh… --- ## [Script settings shortcuts](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/script-settings-shortcuts/150110)
**Author:** [@Softy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Softy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/script-settings-shortcuts/150110 "2025-09-01T19:32:55Z")
Hi, I’m looking for the shortcut to go from an action paragraph to a new scene heading. My script settings say the shortcut is “s”. What does this mean? Obviously, typing s doesn’t do it. Thanks. --- ## [Scrivener Dialogue CON'T Function](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-dialogue-cont-function/149533)
**Author:** [@babbabooey1999](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/babbabooey1999)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-dialogue-cont-function/149533 "2025-07-30T00:07:04Z")
I’m using Scrivener’s screenplay mode and noticing that the “CHARACTER (CONT’D)” tag isn’t automatically appearing when a character’s dialogue breaks and then resume after, say, some action description. This is specific … --- ## [Formatting script mode settings in an ebook](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/formatting-script-mode-settings-in-an-ebook/147255)
**Author:** [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/formatting-script-mode-settings-in-an-ebook/147255 "2025-05-21T20:00:31Z")
Great! If you need anything more complicated than toggling the Include scriptwriting CSS in the CSS compile format option pane, then yeah we can split it off. --- ## [Change settings in Script Mode for all New Projects](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/change-settings-in-script-mode-for-all-new-projects/147180)
**Author:** [@poeticplenties](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/poeticplenties)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/change-settings-in-script-mode-for-all-new-projects/147180 "2025-05-16T14:55:47Z")
Hello. New to script writing mode, which I am using for certain scenes in a novel. Two questions: It seems that new Character is default set to bold text. How do I get rid of this? Every time I press Tab or Enter the… --- ## [Alternating between modes](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/alternating-between-modes/147104)
**Author:** [@poeticplenties](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/poeticplenties)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/alternating-between-modes/147104 "2025-04-27T16:48:46Z")
This is quite an unusual one, I suspect. I am a freelance editor but also a novelist. Sundays I work on my books only! This one novel, I need to alternate between novel prose and script stage play mode because the novel … --- ## [Scriptwriting mode - x/8 scene length in footer](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-mode-x-8-scene-length-in-footer/146949)
**Author:** [@pigfender](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/pigfender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptwriting-mode-x-8-scene-length-in-footer/146949 "2025-04-17T07:53:00Z")
So, scriptwriting page length. Yup, this old chestnut. I know this was a contentious issue back in the days of Scrivener 1, and pretty much went away with the introduction of Page View in Scrivener 2. But… As an extra … --- ## [Scriptmode parallel dialogue & continue ("cont'd" pagebrake)](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptmode-parallel-dialogue-continue-contd-pagebrake/146946)
**Author:** [@Lorant](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Lorant)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scriptmode-parallel-dialogue-continue-contd-pagebrake/146946 "2025-04-16T20:23:36Z")
That would be wonderful (and useful to catch up softwares like final draft), to have paralell dialogue in scriptmode and (most important) to have ‘continued’ pagebrake on the next page, if a dialogue is split by pagebrak… --- ## [Keeping scene headings attached to scenes](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/keeping-scene-headings-attached-to-scenes/146864)
**Author:** [@Softy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Softy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/keeping-scene-headings-attached-to-scenes/146864 "2025-04-11T17:17:21Z")
How do I keep the scene heading from ending up by itself at the bottom of a page? [Next page](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/tag/scriptwriting/45.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=scriptwriting)