Title: YOUR TITLE HERE Credit: Written by Author: Your Name Contact: Your Name email@example.com (555) 555-0100 FADE IN: INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT A laptop glows on a cluttered table. MAYA (30s), hoodie, cold coffee, stares at a blank page that refuses to become a screenplay. MAYA (to the laptop) Okay. Scene heading. Then what? She types a line in capitals. It turns into a scene heading on its own. MAYA (CONT'D) Huh. It knows. Her phone BUZZES. A text from JONAH: "table read tmrw?" JONAH (V.O.) Bring pages. Real ones. In Courier. Maya grins, cracks her knuckles, and types. CUT TO: EXT. BACK PORCH - CONTINUOUS Start your story here. /* HOW THIS FILE WORKS (anything between these marks never prints) Scene heading: start a line with INT. or EXT. (force one with a leading period: .FLASHBACK) Action: just write. Paragraphs are separated by a blank line. Character: a name in CAPITALS on its own line, with dialogue directly underneath Parenthetical: (in parentheses) on the line under the character Transition: a line in capitals ending in TO: (force one with a leading >) Notes: [[like this]] stay in the file but don't print Open this file in any Fountain app, or paste it into a Film Room: https://ideababydaycare.com/film-room */