User blog:Mario&LuigiBowser'sInsideStory/The Beginner's Guide to Transcripts (followup)

This blog is a follow up to Game's blog on transcripts. Since that blog is older, I figured it'll be best to write a new one.

So to start, we have a special template for transcript writing. All lines of dialogue must have a colon before the dialogue template. Any spoken numbers should also be written out in word form. Links are unnecessary in transcripts, so no need for them. Each event that isn't part of a dialogue (Like the scene changes) must have two colons before the dialogue template. They are used like in the example below.


 * Hi Penny.

Want to go out tonight? ::

Turns to
 * Hi Penny.
 * Hi Gumball. Want to go out tonight?

For events to look better, it's best to not include periods in the end of the event. For example



Will turn to

The '.' at the end is what doesn't belong. It instead should be like

It's also a good idea to capitalize the first letter in any event. Like

Will turn to

Finally, if there shall be 2 separate events taking place at the same time, use a semicolon in one dialogue event. Like



Turns to

Again, this blog is just a follow up to an older one. These are just my preferences on how transcripts should be written out.

See also: Game's blog for transcripts, Manual of Style