Filmustage lets you fix your script text directly on the Script tab without re-uploading the file using its own Script Text Editor feature. Turn on the Editing toggle to edit the open scene — its action, dialogue, and scene heading — in place.
Note: You can edit existing text, but you can't add or delete paragraphs, and pressing Enter or Tab has no effect. To restructure a scene, use Break and Merge (see step 6 of the procedure below).
Note: Editing changes the current version of your script in place. It does not create a new script version. When you compare script versions, the edits you made with Editing appear in the comparison.
Before you begin
Open a project that already has a script uploaded and broken down.
Open the scene you want to edit. Editing applies to the scene you currently have open.
Procedure
Go to app.filmustage.com, and then open your project.
Go to the Script tab and open the scene you want to edit.
Toggle on Editing at the top of the script. The script switches to editing mode and shows a banner with the editing rules.
Edit the text in action lines, dialogue, and the scene heading directly. Filmustage saves your changes automatically. When a change is saved, "All changes saved" appears next to the Editing toggle. There is no Save button.
You can't change a tagged word — editing it would conflict with its tag. To remove a tag, delete the whole tagged word. The location in the scene heading is the exception: you can edit its text in place, and it keeps its tag. See Delete a tag.
To split the scene in two, select Break next to the paragraph where the new scene should start, and then confirm in the dialog. To join scenes, select Merge with previous above the scene or Merge with next below it.
After a break or merge, set the page count manually: select the 1/8th-page dropdown at the top of the scene and choose the correct value. Filmustage does not recalculate the page count after a break or merge.
Toggle off Editing when you finish. The toggle is briefly unavailable while a save is in progress — wait for "All changes saved".
Filmustage saves your edits to the scene and reflects them in read mode, the breakdown, and tag counts.
Caution: The 1/8th-page count is not recalculated after a break or merge. Set it manually, or your scheduling and reports page counts may be off.
Caution: Export is unavailable while Editing is on. Toggle it off to export the script.
Plans
Editing your script text directly on the Script tab is available on the Director's Cut plan.