ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Style guidelines for Headings for use when submitting texts of plays, pantomimes, skits and sketches to on-line publisher Lazy Bee Scripts."> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Scripts,Script,Plays,Play,Pantomimes,Pantomime,Panto,publish,publishing,publisher,publishers,published,style,text,texts"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 2.0 for Windows"> <TITLE>Style guidelines for Headings when submitting plays and pantomimes to Lazy Bee Scripts</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="130"><IMG SRC="../Graphics/lazybee.gif" WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><I><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#990000">Lazy Bee Scripts</FONT></I></B><FONT SIZE="7">&nbsp;<BR> </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="5">Tips for formatting Script Headings</FONT></B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="130"><IMG SRC="../Graphics/rightbee130.gif" WIDTH="130" HEIGHT="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="130">&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="130">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="3"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" align="center"><B>This page explains the how and why of headings - from our perspective.<br /> </B> (Other publishers may want other things.)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <B><FONT SIZE="4">Overview</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <ul> <li>All scripts have a title</li> <li>Some scripts are divided into acts</li> <li>Some scripts (and some acts) are divided into scenes</li> <li>Thus in principal any script can be described by four layers of hierarchy - the fourth being the text of the script.&nbsp; You should have one format (one Style) for each of these levels and that is enough</li> <li>If you are a competent user of a Word Processor, you will sort out these four layers of hierarchy by using four different styles, and each time you want to format text according to a particular hierarchical layer, you will just apply that style.&nbsp; If you don't understand this bullet, then the following might help... </li> </ul> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <B><FONT SIZE="4">The Title</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <ul> <li>This should be a large font, in Title Case (hence the name), not in UPPER CASE.&nbsp; (In exceptional cases, we put titles into capitals, but these are really rare exceptions.)</li> <li>We will centre-justify the title.&nbsp; If you don't know how to do that (without using the space bar or tab key), then leave it to us.</li> </ul> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <B><FONT SIZE="4">Act</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI> The Act heading is generally just "Act 1", etc.&nbsp; (Though, in some cases, this may be followed by a descriptor.)<li>Use a large font (but smaller than the Title font), in Title Case.</li> <li>We will left-justify the Act heading (so doing anything else would be a waste of your time.)</li> <li>Use ordinary numbers, not Roman numerals</li> <li>Format consistently.&nbsp; Don't use "Act One", then "Act 2".&nbsp; If you use a descriptor after the Act number, then use the same separator - preferably a space-dash-space construction in each instance.&nbsp; </li> <li>Don't use tabs within a heading - because if we change the font size, we may distort the spacing</li> <li>If you use a descriptor, keep it short.&nbsp; A heading should fit on a single line.</li> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <B><FONT SIZE="4">Scene</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI> The Scene heading may be just "Scene 1", etc. however, frequently this will be followed by a short descriptor (usually time and/or place).<li>Use a large font (but smaller than the Act font), in Title Case.</li> <li>We will left-justify the Scene heading (so doing anything else would be a waste of your time.)</li> <li>Use ordinary numbers, not Roman numerals</li> <li>Format consistently.&nbsp; Don't use "Scene 1", then "Scene Two".&nbsp; </li> <li>If you use a descriptor after the Scene number, then use the same separator - preferably a space-dash-space construction in each instance.&nbsp; </li> <li>Don't use tabs within a heading - because if we change the font size, we may distort the spacing</li> <li>If you use a descriptor, keep it short.&nbsp; A heading should fit on a single line.&nbsp; If you want to include more information than will fit in a single line, the chances are that you are spilling over into a scene-setting direction - in which case put in a shorter scene heading and, on a new line, a scene-setting direction, formatted as a <a href="Directions.htm">direction</a>.</li> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" style="text-align: center">Return to the <a href="Style.htm">House Style Overview</a></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>