Board Thread:Site Problems and Appearance/@comment-25094659-20141202185202/@comment-8161155-20141202223246

Here is the format I use

The left column is for the character name only. It never describes their position or how they are speaking (i.e. narrating).

When a character is performing an action, that action is in italics and parentheses in their own row. I don't like lines like

! Dipper


 * Hi (Mabel walks up)

Because Dipper did not make Mabel walk up. That row is for his dialog and actions, no one else's.

If characters perform an action, their name should be in the left column.

! Mabel


 * (walks up)

Not

!


 * Mabel walks up.

When putting things in parentheses, don't include a pronoun, not (She nods) but (nods).

If the thing in parentheses describes how they are speaking, include a colon (Whispering:).

In the left column, put the character name as we the audience knows them. I see lots of "Grunkle Stan" in the transcripts, but Stan is not our uncle, so he should just be "Stan".

Minecraft, I know you don't like ALL CAPS, so I will use them conservatively in the future. However, sometimes they are helpful to see how the line sounds and a lot of characters, such as Mabel speak often in all caps.