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Everything in the script except the dialogue is formatted using the \"ACTION\" format in this MS Word template. I bold the title, page number, and panel number manually.\n1. LOCATOR CAPTION:\tHere's where I tell you where the scene takes place.\n2. CHARACTER:\tHere's some dialogue! I format the dialogue (and the SFX and captions) using the \"DIALOGUE\" format in this template, which causes it to wrap nicely at the 2\" point.\n3. CHARACTER 2:\tAfter you type the character's name, hitting \"TAB\" will get your first line to the 2\" point so all the dialogue lines up cleanly.\n4. CHARACTER:\tI go back and type in the numbers before each line of dialogue manually when I'm done dialoguing.\n5. CHARACTER:\tAnd here are a few other little formatting things...\nPanel 2: Here's the Panel Two description. No forced page break here. But when the next page comes up, I do a forced, manual page break so each new comic book page starts on a new printed script page.\n5. CHARACTER'S VOICE (caption):\t\"...if I label the dialogue like this and put it in quotes, it means it's spoken dialogue (usually begun in a previous scene) from a now off-scene character rather than inner voice narration. Often used when I'm bridging one scene to another.\"\n6. CHARACTER'S VOICE (caption):\tThis is how I do inner voice captions. No quotes.\nPanel 3: Panel Three description. Incidentally, the margins on this document are 0.75 inches. I used to set them at 1.25 or whatever the screenwriting standard is, but I realized no one prints these scripts and binds them like a screenplay. Smaller margins mean fewer pages have to be printed and a greater chance that a page of script will correspond with a page of the final comic, which seems like a good thing.\n7. CHARACTER (off):\tAnd here's how I show a character's voice coming from off panel when the character is still there in the scene, just not visible in that panel.\n8. CAPTION:\tIf it's an editor's note caption or some other regular caption, I just call it a caption.\nPanel 4: Since I'm typing in Microsoft word, I can include \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.amazon.com/Make-Comics-Like-Pros-Graphic/dp/0385344635\" \u0014links\u0015 to reference material in the body of the text using Command-K. (That link above goes to \"Make Comics Like the Pros,\" written by me and the great Fred Van Lente. If you're reading this, you're probably the perfect audience for that book, too, so please feel free to check it out!)\n9. CHARACTER:\tTo indicate emphasis, I make things bold and italicized. For a big shout, I may CAPITALIZE, too!\n10. SFX:\tBOOOOOM\n11. SFX (BIG):\tBOOOOOOOOOM\n12. CHARACTER (small):\tThis is if a character is muttering under his or her breath and I want the font to be smaller.\n13. CHARACTER (whisper):\t\tThis is if a character is whispering -- the balloon gets rendered in gray or with a dotted line.\n14. CHARACTER (wavy):\tThis is when a character is weakened or sleepy or injured. The wavy balloon indicates a cracked or weakened voice.\n\u000f\nPAGE TWO\nPanel 1: SPLASH! If a page consists of a single big image, I'll usually label it SPLASH! Also, you'll notice I did a hard page break when Page Two started. This is helpful for artists, who may print the script and just look at it a page at a time when working.\nLETTERING NOTE: If I have a specific and special request about rendering dialogue -- or some other important message about this panel for the artist or colorist, I might include it in a separate line here in the panel description.\nIMPORTANT: If there's some wildly important detail about this panel, I might even do something like this.\n1. CHARACTER (other little lettering notes can go here):\tI think that's about it! Have fun!","cbCailGq2tjhzPIy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailGq2tjhzPIy","docx",140002,"English","# Panel Script Layout\n## Action vs Dialogue Formats\n## Special Captions, SFX, and Emphasis","[{\"question\":\"How should dialogue be formatted in this script template?\",\"answer\":\"Type the character name, then use TAB so the first line aligns at the 2-inch point. Number each dialogue line manually once you finish dialoguing, using the template’s DIALOGUE format for clean wrapping.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the different caption options mean (quotes vs no quotes)?\",\"answer\":\"Use quoted dialogue for spoken lines from an off-scene character, and use inner-voice captions without quotes. The template also distinguishes other voice directions such as off-panel and whisper styles.\"},{\"question\":\"How are page breaks handled for each comic book page?\",\"answer\":\"Within the script, no forced page break is needed for consecutive panels. 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