Each Event consists of one or more Lines of dialogue. The Write tab is where you create and edit all your dialogue lines across your project's events.

Key Features of the Write Tab

• Line Search: Use the "Search Lines" card to formulate queries to show exactly the lines you want to edit or review. All the event names for the returned lines will be shown on the left-hand sidebar, allowing you to then click through event names to further filter your results.
  • Learn more on the Search page.
• New Line Creation: Use the New Line card to add lines to existing or new events. You can specify event type, event name, character, dialogue, parentheticals, and preceding action.
  • Learn more on the Use the New Line Box page.
• Event Wizard: Allows you to create multiple empty events with placeholder lines in bulk using a complex set of rules.
  • See Use the Events Wizard for full documentation.

Write Tab Views

The Write tab offers three distinct views to suit different writing and editing styles:

Table View

A spreadsheet-like grid that allows you to quickly search, filter, and edit lines and their metadata in tabular form. Ideal for bulk edits and data management.

• Sort and filtering by event, character, status, and tags.
• Edit fields inline.
• Select specific lines via checkboxes for bulk operations.
• Export selected lines to CSV for outside review.

Writing View

A screenplay-style editor that displays dialogue in traditional script format, with characters, parentheticals, actions, and dialogue lines arranged naturally. This view supports inline comment threads.

• Edit and write new dialogue, actions, and parentheticals.
• Add and edit comment threads on specific work from inside the writing view.
• Standard screenwriting keyboard shortcuts for quick editing.
• Automatically split long dialogue lines based on project settings.

Branching View

A node-based visual editor showing the flow and branching of dialogue lines, especially useful for complex player choices and branching narratives.

• Drag and drop nodes to rearrange dialogue flow.
• Create or remove connections between lines.
• Edit line text and choices directly in nodes.
• Enable or disable branching for an event.

Next Steps

Explore the Adding New Events page for detailed instructions on creating and managing lines.

Proceed to Trigger Rules to learn about setting up rules to play your dialogue events.