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Mores & Continueds

Optionally let readers know when dialogue or scenes span pages

Mores & Continueds

Because of the nature of script pagination standards, Script 360 includes the ability to optionally add MOREs and CONTINUEDs when scenes span multiple pages or when a block of dialogue needs to be split up across a page break:

In the example shown, Timothy's dialogue was split up according to Industry Standards, and the Script360 editor automatically added the (MORE) at the bottom of the initial block as well as TIMOTHY (CONT'D) above the block at the top of the succeeding page.

Additionally, because the scene itself spans the page break (meaning that the top of the new page is not a new scene), the editor added (CONTINUED) at the bottom of the first page and CONTINUED: at the top of the next page, indicating the scene is not complete yet.

Remember, both are Optional!

While the use of the MORE/CONT'D for split-up dialogue is standard in modern screenplays, the use of scene continueds has fallen out of fashion, rarely used these days. Of course, you can set it how you want by selecting the Mores/Continueds menu item in the Document menu:

Choosing that will bring up the Mores & Continueds popup box:

This popup box should be self-explanatory - choose which ones you want shown using the check boxes, and alter the default text shown for each if desired. Then jus click the Save button to immediately update the script.

Script 360 always splits paragraphs at sentence boundaries

To comport with Industry standards, Script 360 will always split up dialogue and action paragraphs at sentence boundaries, usually periods. This standard allows a reader to be able to follow what they are reading without having to have a single sentence span two pages.

This requirement can cause larger blocks of dialogue or action that are run-on over many lines to move as a block across a page break, leaving a larger-than-expected blank area at the bottom of a page, but that is normal and acceptable as a trade-off for keeping sentences together on a page.