This might be just a rough idea or maybe even a draft version of that scene, or part of that scene. There’s not a lot to say about the heading and description fields, you just give the card a title in the heading field, and in the description field you put the index card’s content. You might want to add several pieces of information to one scene, there might be a lot going on, and this way you don’t have to cram it all into one card.Īs for the content of the card itself, you have three fields that you can use: Here, you have add multiple cards to one scene, which makes sense, when you think about it. Many writing applications just assign one index card per scene and that’s it.
Linked Index Cardsīy default, celtx assigns one index card to every scene, so if you have scenes in your script already, you will see one card for each, with the scene heading being shown at the top of the card.Īt the top right of the card you have a little “plus” icon, and when you click it, this will add another index card to that scene. If you click the “Index Cards” button in the quick access toolbox, the toolbox itself changes to a narrow index cards panel. If you don’t see it go to “View – Tools” and check if the Index Card option is checked. With your script page open, you see the quick access toolbox at the right side of the screen and there should be an “Index Cards” button.
In celtx, there are several ways to display your index cards, so let’s look at the first one. The nice thing about them is that you can move them around freely and play with different structures until you have found a version that you think might be worth writing or exploring further. Index cards are, as the name suggests, a digital representation of paper cards that you would stick on a wall or a cork board, and that hold little pieces of your story. Some form of index cards if found in pretty much every screenwriting application, or at least most of them, but the form they handle them can vary a little.
In this article we’re going to see how you can use celtx index cards feature.
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