Stage play

A stage play is a script for the theatre, written in script layout. It is narrative, so continuity coaches apply, and it adds stages for beats, table reads, and staging notes.

The documents it offers

When you add a document to the project you choose its type. Each type shapes the stages the document moves through:

• Act — a staged act, built from beats — the default.
• Scene — a scene with sluglines and action.
• Character-Bible Entry — a canonical reference entry for a character.
• Staging Note — a note on staging, blocking, or production.

Each document type has its own page — find them in the sidebar under this content type — describing the stages it moves through and where it fits.

A blank document is available in every content type too, for when you want an empty page with no structure imposed.

The stages a document moves through

Every document moves through the same shape: Ideation, Outline, Draft, Revision, Final edit. After Ideation you can move back and forth freely — jump to whichever stage the work needs.

On top of that shared shape, this content type adds its own stages:

• Beat Sheet — a stage after Outline for laying out the beats.
• Table Read — a stage after Revision for reading the script through.
• Staging Notes — a stage after Revision for blocking and production notes.

The coaches that apply

Beyond the coaches every content type gets, these are recommended for this kind of writing (you can switch any coach on or off from the Coaches tab):

• Script structure coach — reads scenes, acts, and pacing and asks where the shape could tighten.
• Consistency coach — checks the script against the rules you have established.
• Character voice coach — checks whether a character stays true to their profile.
• Fact-checker — looks at real-world claims in grounded or period work.

Every content type also gets the coaches that apply to all writing: the select-text Coach for focused feedback on a passage, VoiceCheck and StyleCheck against your voice and style guide, and the free grammar and spelling checks.