• It Begins

    INT. MESSY LIVING ROOM - DAY

    WRITER sits at his laptop, pondering upon the nature of the screenplay format. The INTERNET helps him.

    WRITER

    How does this work then?

    INTERNET

    We have an imaginary conversation about screenplay format. It's not very sophisticated or imaginative, but you have a hangover.

    WRITER

    (embarrassed)

    That's true. So is it easy to create a standard Hollywood-formatted screenplay in Scrivener?

    INTERNET

    It is. This is in fact a Scrivener project that was created from the Screenp...

  • It Continues

    INT. INSIDE THE COMPUTER - DAY

    WRITER finds himself in a strange, pixellated landscape that contains only 16 colours.

    WRITER

    (looking around)

    What the--

    INTERNET (V.O.)

    That was a scene heading. All caps. But Scrivener handles the capitalisation automatically. And this is a voice-over, for no particular reason.

    WRITER

    So Scrivener pretty much formats the script for you?

    INTERNET (V.O.)

    That's right. Scripts have different elements such as "Scene Heading", "Action" and "Dialogue". You can switch ...