Read a filled Beat Board

Steps

1. Look at the board from left to right.

   Each act is a column with its title, a scene count (for example 4 scenes) and an Options menu. A sequence sits inside the act with a drag handle, an arrow to collapse it and a count. Scene cards have a solid outline. Beats have a dashed outline. The last column, Parking Lot, holds cards you have set aside, with its own count.

   Mac screen: Beat Board with acts, a sequence, scene cards, beats and a parked card

2. Click a scene card once.

   A single click selects the card and draws an orange outline around it. Nothing else changes.

   Mac screen: Beat Board, a scene card selected

3. Look at a card that has a heading and a colour.

   A coloured stripe along the left edge of a card shows its colour. A small H under the card text marks a card that has a scene heading. The default card display keeps cards small like this. Card Display Settings, in the More menu, changes what cards show.

   Mac screen: Beat Board, a card with a colour and a scene heading

4. Look at a board with a single act holding one card.

   The picture shows Act 1 holding one scene card, Kiran waits at the stop, with an empty Parking Lot beside it that says: Drag cards and beats here to keep them out of the story without deleting them.

   Mac screen: Beat Board with a card outside any act

All Mac tutorials