#screenplay format

[batlogy]

ok another very important question, what are you guys' thoughts on fanfics in the script/screenplay format?

(TL;DR WARNING BELOW)

i know they are not everyone's cup of tea and they can be very messy if the platform they're posted on doesn't have options for some proper formatting or doesn't allow them to at least post screenshots of the script, and yes i also know that technically scripts are meant to be used by actors and directors and producers and yadda yadda yadda but imo they can be SOOOOOOO DAMN FUN if done right???? am i hallucinating or

LIKE, my post-grad most recent assignment has us writing a script (min 1 page, max 5 pages) about anything we want as long as it's properly formatted and creative and etc, and we literally had a Narrations & Scripts class for that for the whole trimester. that made me start studying a LOOOOT about screenplays and the wonders and joys and whimsies of writing scripts and also researching a lot and trying out a zillion different platforms and i must say i'm currently very obsessed with the world of scripts and screenplays, might be a new special interest incoming 😭

anyway, i got so obsessed my brain is buzzing 24/7 telling me to write a bunch of different scripts for the 93839283 fanfics and original stories i have in my head and send them to my friends because i'm too much of a coward to post anything, so i started thinking that it could be a good idea to write all the things i've been wanting to write in yeaaars (but couldn't because of ugh writers block) in a screenplay format to see if it can get me to snap out of this damn block and finally get some writing done once and for all even if i end up not showing anyone

it even crossed my mind to maybe post one of them somewhere someday or at least just send to my closest friends, but i made the mistake of googling about fanfics written in the screenplay format to see some examples and i came across some reddit and quora posts of people asking others for their opinions on them and oh my god they were 97% filled with a looooot of negative opinions about it and some of them were pretty aggressive, shitting on screenplay formatted stuff 😭

i got immediately discouraged, ngl. there were a bunch of people in there yapping about how they HATE IT and about it's an instant click back for them and how it sucks to read and they can't get into it and about how scripts are meant only for actors and directors and producers and etc for them to use it to perform or make a show/movie/play/etc about it and not for people to read them and also how nobody wants to read a script and about how it's "lazy writing" (which makes absolutely no sense to me because scripts take a TON OF EFFORT to be written) and about how it's NOTHING compared to prose and reading the script is not the same thing as watching someone perform (maybe some of them have aphantasia? idk, but like how can they picture a prose in their head perfectly but not a script where you literally have all the setting of a scene in it? idk anyway) and, I KID YOU NOT, some of them were literally SHITTING ON MOTHERFUCKING SHAKESPEARE for how his works are published in a script format and not prose and they can't get into it because of that

so yeah as i said i got pretty discouraged because it seemed so fun in my head at first when i thought about writing that way, it seemed like a really refreshing and creative different way to write and read things (i even read some fanfics written in that format and god did i love them, it was a very fun and refreshing experience, i could picture every scene in my head so perfectly like i was watching a movie), but then i found out apparently almost everyone completely hates it to their souls so i got really mehh and insecure to even send it only to my closest friends that usually read my stuff and react very well to it if i end up writing something :P

anyway just wanted to know people's opinions in here as well before i end up fully giving up on it

[yayaza-b33]

Mmm speech.

Day Thirteen: Rendawg!!!

(Found in the office of scientist and engineer [RD] to be used as evidence against Doctor [REDACTED] and [RD] for their trial. Only one of which are currently in custody. Regarding treason against the Council and going against the Human Protection Acts in the creation of an advanced, highly dangerous Artificial Intelligence. Only to be listened by officers apart of the case. The transcript connected is courtesy of...)

[Recording 001 starting. . .]

[There is a second of static, then a voice comes through the recorder.]

RD: Hello? Is this on?

RD: . . .

RD: Splendid! Uh. . . My name is Ren, and me and my good friend are creating an awesome robot. I've made it my job to document every now and then so that our incredible journey can go into a documentary, or something.

RD: Say hi!

[REDACTED]: This could be used against us in court, you know.

[There's a moment of silence, then the tape cuts off—presumably so the two can exchange words privately.]

[Recording 023 starting. . .]

[In the background, there is the whirring of machinery and the tell-tale tapping of a digi-screen.]

RD: Okay! We're back, dudes.

RD: Here's the TLDR so far: Me and my partner are creating a state of the art AI-android—he's making the main body, and I'm giving it that... spark, ya know? To prove that it is possible to create a robot that feels, and to demonstrate to humanity that we can accept our androids and cyborgs as one-and-the-same as us.

RD: We all live on this world, right? Right partner!

[REDACTED]: From a distance, fond Right, Ren.

RD: Anyways, from my experience—wink—a little bit of metal doesn't make a difference. And this will further prove it! If TEK is successful. . .

[There's a crash in the background. A swear in another language—hard to tell what language, as distance from the recorder distorts it—rings out, and the tape comes to another abrupt end. It can be assumed that RD went to go deal with the problem.]

[Recording 107 starting. . .]

[RD's voice is quieter than in the other recordings, but there is a faint beeping in the background. Lining this up with other timelines and RD's claims it is assumed the beeping is from the early model of the dangerous android.]

RD: It's late... haven't recorded one of these in a while. But! Progress has been phenomenal, my dudes! The doc's asleep, so I've gotta be careful—man, he is grumpy when you wake him up. TEK is coming along. Can't wait for them to be finished, and for my time to shine to come. It's just us two, but I think we're doing great on this. My partner... he's a genius, man. I'm glad he wanted my help on this—

(We have taken the liberty of fast forwarding some of this recording, as it is a lot of useless praise for Doctor [REDACTED] and not actually helpful to the case. He did bore the reviewer of the recordings.)

RD: —he's just great, you know? Chuckle Whew, hope I didn't bore anyone.

RD: Anyway, I wanted to give an update! TEK is officially a mechanical skeleton waiting for optics, hair grafts, synthetic skin—the works! I can't wait to get to creating those things, and commissioning eyes! Right now, we're leaning towards making TEK a him, so his face schematics–

RD: I'm actually working on them now! Uh, I'm trying to make them masculine and having some fun with it. I'll probably show the doctor my designs for the body and making him unique, then let him decide which'll be best. Is it wrong I kind of want to make TEK a big, anthropomorphic dog? He definitely won't let me do that, haha!

[There is a long stretch of silence, interrupted by a couple of mumbles and the occasional squeak of a wheeled chair. Presumably, RD working with the recording on. His earliest designs were found, and we can confirm that the dog one existed.]

[After an hour and some of mostly nothing, there is an interruption.]

???: What're you doing still working, Ren? I thought you were supposed to be asleep with yer favourite grouch.

[RD yelps, disturbing something on his workspace that clatters. Someone, distinctly male, laughs.]

RD: Oh! Well if it isn't [the audio distorts here]! What are you doing here this fine midnight?

???: Chuckle I thought I was gonna watch the place for the night, maybe tend to a couple of your guys' tomatoes, but I guess not. You know, you can't exactly create world changing inventions if you don't take care of yourself. Me and Sco—

???: Oh– Ren! You have your thing still on—

[The recording ends here.]

(From this, we can assume that RD and Doctor [REDACTED] had more help in creating this android than just each other—at least two others, we assume. One male. Another name was mentioned, but it wasn't caught in full, therefore we cannot properly determine who it belongs to.)

(What happened to the tomatoes?)

(Please do not use the transcript for unnecessary and unprofessional reasons/questions.)

(We found the tomatoes in an impressive indoor garden a floor up from their lab. A taste test declared them safe and they are still being handed out in [REDACTED]'s office.)

. . .

From another device, not in the custody of any officers—for good reason—but rather stowed away in the back of a rare flower shop on one of the bridge levels in the city.

[Starting. . .]

[an undistinguishable voice, cut off]: —ey.

LW: Ayup.

SM: . . .Hello?

RD: Perfect! Hello, faithful, future documentary watchers. I am Ren Dog, and unfortunately my partner has been arrested for our work, but I have managed to get away with the help of three friends and supporters of the cause. I also have some of our research and my partner's schematics. I stowed TEK away safely—

LW: In a side alley.

RD: Yes, but! . . .Don't interrupt my narrating Martyn—

BB: I thought you weren't going to use our names in this? I don't want—

RD: No, B, don't touch–!

[The tape cuts off there, any attempt at continuing leads to empty whirring and a repeat of the word 'touch'. The recorder is broken.]

In another recording, also hidden in the flower shop, RD is disturbed.

[The recording starts, but there is almost complete silence—interrupted by stressed tapping on a surface.]

RD: He's not there.

[RD swears.]

RD: I. . . I'm sorry Doc. I lost him. Someone must've. . . I. . . I just hope he's safe.

[Another silence, lasting for nearly a half hour this time, occasionally broken by RD's sobs.]

RD: I'll find him. I– I shut him down, so he'll be safe from the Council, at least. I just. . .

RD: I promise you Doc, I'll find him, and I'll get you out of there.

Ren: Even if it takes me years.

[witchyravenarts]

Fish Out of Water

EPISODE ONE

Notes: Expanding on White Sand Bay Lore, Hurt/comfort, MC is Oc, could be read as a x reader fic, go ahead, Art, Screenplay format because I said so, Cottagecore vibes, Life by the sea, Small town things, Aaaaaaa Romance, Angst, Slow burn, God of The Sea, Tides of Romirro, Romirro and Lemuria lore, Wooo Lemurian expansion, LORE LORE LORE, Im writing in my own lore because I said so, No smut because Im ace and dont want to write smut, again small town things, Small town by the sea, Bay area, Linkon City, MC is not a hunter, Cafe Au sort of?? Inspired by Intimations of Immortality by Thyrd_Pardie on ao3

Word Count: 21 Pages

No Warnings, well maybe if you dont like world building then maybe that as a warning?

Have fun Loves <3

[franticmelody]

Sonic Together: Episode 5

Sonic Together Episode 5 has released! This episode features The Chaotix as they struggle through low finances, taking on a case that challenges them to their very core...

Once again beta read by the lovely @regulatedstrawberry!!! Check out their profile and their awesome fic if you are a fan of Tails, cause they got you covered!!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Really like this episode. Had lots of chances to be fun and a bit experimental, including introducing the first named OC to the series: Agate the Fox!

I love Agate, they're super awesome and I definitely have plans for them in the future. This art was done by the amazing @ghoul--doodle who really took my awful beta drawing and turned it into this loveable character.

[tbtgtr-incorrectquotes]

do you have anything for the robert royce au?

Yes, it’s in a screenplay format, which I was considering for a different fic but needed to experiment with. But here!

NAERYS:

What is this?

DAEMON:

Power. Do you not like it?

(He’s smiling, they both know she loves it. His sword is at Robert’s neck, Robert’s sword is just above Daemon’s heart.)

NAERYS:

It suits me, it doesn’t mean I’m worthy of it.

ROBERT:

You are worthy if we say you are.

NAERYS:

Do you love me?

ROBERT & DAEMON:

Yes.

NAERYS:

Then why make me choose?

ROBERT:

Only one can leave alive.

DAEMON:

Only one can survive.

(Naerys takes a breath, she opens her mouth, perhaps to protest, to choose, to argue. It doesn't matter. The lights shift away from Robert, Naerys and Daemon and focus upon Baelon and Harrold Westerling. It is decided.)

[kindly-whisper-norbury]

New AO3 Script / Screenplay Tutorial

Some time back I posted a tutorial for how to format CSS and HTML for a screenplay on AO3, but since then I have improved upon it and I wish to now share with you all the (hopefully somewhat better) new version.

I previously had a significant problem with the spacing of certain elements, which would end up breaking the formatting. So recently I spent two days studying and trying code after code until I got it right.

Note that though this formatting makes the screenplay look authentic enough on a computer monitor or on mobile in landscape mode, it does not (in my experience) tend to show up well in portrait mode. This version is at least readable in portrait mode, however, whereas the old version was not. Still, you might like to make an author’s note mentioning that readers in portrait mode may need to use the “hide creator’s style” button, which will take away the formatting:

Okay, let's get to work! First you are going to have to create a new AO3 work skin. Name it whatever you like, then insert this code:

#workskin p { font-family: "Courier Prime", Courier, monospace; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; }

#workskin p { margin-left: 5%; }

#workskin p { margin-right: 15%; }

#workskin .indented { padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 25%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; }

#workskin .par { display: block; padding-left: 15%; padding-right: 25%; }

#workskin .character { display: block; padding-left: 25%; }

You can adjust things like the margin and padding percentages to fit your own style, of course!

Now comes the fun part. After you have written your script, make a new draft using your screenplay skin. Then get onto the HTML editor.

The SHOT, SCENE HEADING, and ACTION elements will be left alone. The only tagging necessary for them is < p > (close up the < and >, of course... Tumblr is giving me a hard time about showing it as it really should be) for paragraph transitions. But do be sure to use the < p > tag, or it will break the formatting.

Next are the CHARACTER, PARENTHETICAL, and DIALOGUE elements... which are a bit more involved.

Before blocks of character/parenthetical/dialogue, you need to put the following tag (with closed up < & >): < div class="indented" align="left" > . Note that if there is more than one Character involved with no action breaks in between (in other words, if there is a conversation going on), you do not need to put the tag between each character, just before the first one. Like so:

And be sure to close it back up after the blocks of conversation with < /div >

Next up is CHARACTER, which, as you can see above, is tagged: < p >< span class="character" > CHARACTER NAME< /span >

Notice that there are no line breaks between the < /span > and the dialogue. Due to the nature of < span > if you try to put a line break in there it will turn it into a paragraph break, which doesn't work well for the screenwriting thing. I am sure there is a workaround, but that's what I got for the time being!

Now we come to PARENTHETICALS, which are the bits of action within dialogue:

To tag those, once again do not make a line break, but simply insert this: < span class="par" > then close it after inserting the parenthetical with < /span >

It might be easier to simply visualize, but note that as a personal preference I tend to italicize my parenthetical elements with < em >... you don't have to, that's just my style:

And that is basically it! If you would rather just look at the code than to try and figure out what I was trying to explain (I am not sure I did a good job of that!), here is a basic visual:

This:

Should get you this:

Or something similar, anyway. It may vary on your screen. If you would like to see a live example of how it will look on your monitor or with your device, you can click below to get to a small fic I have formatted this way (it isn't the story sampled above, however, since that is a WIP I have not posted anywhere yet!)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

If I have made any mistakes or anything is in need of clarification, let me know! I will do my best to fix it!

[the-lighthouse-lit]

There’s probably a moral at the end somewhere

Fandom: Teen Titans

Pairings: BBxRae, RobxStar

Rating: G/K+

Legth: 7 Acts (10,868 words)

Summary: Fairy Tale AU. In which four archetypical strangers with various goals and motives form an odd party in a forest. Featuring a wandering hero, a boy who can talk to animals, a runaway prince with magic armor, and a very angry princess. Narrated by a witch who’s totally happy with her job, promise.

Read on AO3 | Read on FF.Net

[cupidford]

Then Fall, Caesar by catharsis_in_a_bottle

Johnlock Love Letters #2061

TPLOSH. Holmes and Watson discuss the potential rumors surrounding their relationship.