The page sets itself
Headings, cues and transitions go to capitals as you type. Tab starts a character; ( closes itself.
Board, outline, script as one
Scenes in acts, with lengths in eighths. Press the ring on a card (its state mark) to say how far the scene has come.
Drag a card, or focus one and press space.
Board
Act one
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1
Int. bar - night
He is given something he does not want.
TTomMMaythe lighter2 · pp. 1–2
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2
Ext. pier - dawn
May almost lets it go.
MMaythe lighter6/8 · pp. 3
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3
Int. Tom's kitchen - morning
The kettle screams and he lets it.
TTom5/8 · pp. 4
Act two
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4
Int. car - day
Neither of them mentions it.
TTomMMay1 3/8 · pp. 5–6
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5
Ext. pier - night
He waits. She is late.
TTom4/8 · pp. 7
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6
Int. bar - night
The lighter, finally lit.
TTomMMay2 1/8 · pp. 8
Drafts and compare
Drafts branch as Draft 3a, 3b; merge puts the pages back.
Draft 3
Int. bar - night
She turns it over once.
May
He would have hated that.
Tom
He hated most things that stayed.
Draft 3b
Int. bar - night
She turns it over once.
May
He would have hated that.
Tom
He hated most things that stayed. Not her.
Revisions in the real colours
Changed lines carry the colour of the pass, white to ivory. Lock the script and its page numbers hold.
Pink · 1 Oct 2026 · 3 changed pages
- White
- Blue
- Pink
- Yellow
- Green
- Goldenrod
- Buff
- Salmon
- Cherry
- Tan
- Ivory
Production reports
Scenes, places and cast, counted. Strip colours shade each scene: INT or EXT, day or night.
Production report The Lighter · Draft 3 · Pink
Scenes
| # | Scene | Cast | Page | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INT. BAR - NIGHT | 1, 2 | 1–2 | 2 |
| 2 | EXT. PIER - DAWN | 2 | 3 | 6/8 |
| 3 | INT. TOM'S KITCHEN - MORNING | 1 | 3–4 | 5/8 |
| 4 | INT. CAR - DAY | 1, 2 | 4–5 | 1 3/8 |
| 5 | EXT. PIER - NIGHT | 1 | 5–6 | 4/8 |
| 6 | INT. BAR - NIGHT | 1, 2 | 6–8 | 2 1/8 |
- INT day: white
- EXT day: yellow
- INT night: blue
- EXT night: green
Lengths in eighths of a page. Dawn prints as day, dusk as night.
Places
Bar · Pier · Tom's kitchen · Car
Cast
1 Tom · 2 May
Writer, director, actor
One page, read as a writer, a director or an actor. The director gets a shot list; the actor, their lines in ink.
Out the door
PDF, Final Draft or Fountain. A Final Draft file comes in as well as out.
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Smaller things
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- Papers Light and dark.
- iPad Panels push the page over.
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- Seasons and episodes A series keeps its shape.
- Export all projects As plain Fountain.
- Read a PDF, Apple Pencil On the home page.