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A copyable Fountain template for vertical drama scripts, the episode header convention, the page-to-second math, and a worked 90-second episode line by line.
Short Drama Script Format: Template, Episode Headers and the 60-Second Page
Every screenplay formatting guide in one hub: sluglines, title pages, montages, flashbacks, phone calls, text messages, V.O., and the edge cases nobody teaches, plus free formatting tools.
Screenplay Formatting: The Complete Hub (2026)
On-screen text is part of the story grammar. Title cards vs chyrons vs lower thirds, capitalization rules, and when text on screen beats dialogue exposition.
Formatting Title Cards, Chyrons, and Lower Thirds in Your Screenplay
Time-lapse is montage with a clock visible. Seasonal markers, transformation verbs, and the format line between poetic compression and unreadable blur.
Time-Lapse Montage: How to Describe Compressed Time on the Page
Underwater action has different physics and reader expectations. Depth markers, breath logic, visibility limits, and format choices that keep submerged fights legible.
Underwater Scene Screenplay Formatting for Action Sequences
News scenes need anchor lines, chyron logic, and control-room geography. TV formatting patterns for live breaks, B-roll inserts, and the exposition that feels like coverage.
Formatting News Broadcast Scenes for TV Screenplays
Opening crawls carry exposition that has to feel mythic, not instructional. Page format, word economy, and when to let the crawl do work your first scene cannot.
Opening Crawl Screenplay Format: Writing Star Wars-Style Text on the Page
V.O. is not a crutch for unfilmable prose. When to tag narration, how to separate voice from scene, and fixes for the voiceover that explains what we already see.
Formatting Voiceover and Narration in a Screenplay