Screenwriting

A screenplay is a .script file in the Writing Studio: features, series, adaptations, Taiwanese and Hollywood layouts, delivery, notes with producers. The old Script Studio lives under "Legacy".

Use cases

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Writing a screenplay

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Structure & time

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Deliver & share

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Legacy Script Studio

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First-time setup

01 Writing Studio vs Script Studio: which to pick Novel → Writing Studio; screenplay → Script Studio. Surface / structure / dialogue / character mgmt / Coach differences. Switch from the top-left Slima logo popup.
02 Series → Season → Episode → Scene: the four-level hierarchy Script Studio's top-level data model is a four-level hierarchy: Series → Season → Episode → Scene. Films and shorts still use 4 levels; Season / Episode just have 1 child each.
03 Upgrading the data model of an older script book Older script books may show a "This script uses the legacy format" dialog. Upgrading creates a new "-copy" book and keeps the original as a read-only backup; once upgraded, all 3 Scene Board view modes and 6 Plan tabs unlock.

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Script list

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Workspace overview

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Plan tab

01 Plan view overview: 6 sub-tabs for planning Plan view is Script Studio's planning hub with 6 sub-tabs: Planning / Characters / Storylines / Locations / Worldview / Notes. All metadata editing lives here.

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Series / Season / Episode

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Worldview

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Character Bible

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Storylines

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Locations

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Notes board

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Scene Board

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Scene card

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Structure templates

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Acts

01 Acts customisation: rename / add / delete / reorder Scene Board's Acts columns come from the chosen structure template. Customise: rename / add (appended at end) / delete (scenes auto-move to the first act). Save as custom template.

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Script Editor

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Headings, dialogue, characters

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Shots & storyboarding

01 Shot editor + 11 shot types Shot element: occasionally add a structured shot (INSERT, CLOSE ON, ANGLE ON, POV, MEDIUM SHOT, WIDE SHOT and more) in your script. Reserve for story-significant shots; let the director / DP handle ordinary shot design.

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Format switch (TW ↔ Hollywood)

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Scene notes & setups

01 Foreshadow Tracking: setup / payoff notes Foreshadow Tracking is the Notes tab column that groups Setup and Payoff notes, for marking which scene plants a setup and which pays it off. Created like any note (right-click a scene element), typed as Setup or Payoff. Filter by Series / Season / Episode / All.

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Editor toolbar

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Productivity tools

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AI Coach

01 AI Coach in Script Studio: scriptwriting-specific suggestions AI Coach reads the whole script + 4-level hierarchy + 5 tabs metadata. Script-specific actions: dialogue polish preserving character voice / scene structure analysis / setup-payoff verification / character consistency. AI Memory shared across Studios but chat threads stay per-book.

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AI scene analysis

01 AI Insight not yet in Script Studio: why + alternatives Script Studio doesn't yet ship Writing Studio's 4-analysis AI Insight panel. Reason: script differs from prose (Scene Board / Character Bible / Appearance Matrix solve similar problems). Alternative: ask AI Coach + use Search-Stats.

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Import scripts

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Deliver templates (legacy)

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Sharing

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Shared with Writing Studio

01 Cross-Studio shared features vs Studio-specific Shared: account / subscription / credits / AI prefs / motivation / global shortcuts / theme / language / AI Memory. Independent: books / editor layout / AI chat context / Studio-specific shortcuts.

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Keyboard shortcuts

01 Script Studio shortcuts cheat sheet Script Studio-specific shortcuts: element switching (Tab / Ctrl 1-5) + scene/episode/season navigation (Ctrl Shift Up/Down, Cmd Opt Left/Right) + Page Switcher (Cmd 1-4) + shared Writing Studio keys.

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