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Plays sometimes have Character and/or Cast List. | Plays sometimes have Character and/or Cast List. | ||
- | These should be formatted as an unordered list. As well as any other list types within a play. | + | These should be formatted as an unordered list. This goes for any other list types within a play. |
To learn more see the [[public: | To learn more see the [[public: | ||
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In a play dialogue is often presented with the Character' | In a play dialogue is often presented with the Character' | ||
- | Sandy: I want to know how to format dialogue | + | <WRAP center round box 80%> |
+ | **Vladimir**: I want to know how to format dialogue | ||
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+ | **Estragon**: | ||
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- | Tom: It is actually easier to do that you would think! | ||
Apply the '' | Apply the '' | ||
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====Stage Directions==== | ====Stage Directions==== | ||
- | The stage directions are normally marked as "asides" or "sidebars". | + | The stage directions are normally marked as normal text. |
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+ | ===Q&A Archive=== | ||
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+ | Q: I'm currently working on "Teenage Idol, Travelin' | ||
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+ | A: You can format it as a quote and play. | ||
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+ | Q: I have three questions about Et si un soir, a French play. The first is that there is no colon or m-dash to separate speaker from text/ | ||
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+ | Second, there are monologue chunks with double paragraphs between them. Should I remove the extra paragraph tags (ie, have all the monologue chunks chunked together) or should I add a line separator? Thanks! | ||
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+ | Lastly, | ||
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+ | A: For the character names. Style them in bold followed by a colon. Always remove extra paragraph tags. They cause accessibility issues. As this book has dialogue written like poetry, it is okay to keep the emphasis style. Reformat the stage directions that are on multiple lines to be separated by periods. For example, the first stage direction would become: // | ||
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+ | Q: I'm working on Le Drap Blanc by Céline Huyghebaert. There is a cast (" | ||
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+ | Should I just do an H2 anyway? | ||
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+ | A: Always follow the rule of hierarchy with headings. See [[public: | ||
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- | Follow the guidelines for [[public: | + | [[public: |
- | ====Q& | + | |