Cheatsheet
Quick reference - the Fountain dialect, the slash palette, shortcuts, and the two page-edit kinds.
The one-screen reference. Fuller detail lives in Scene format and the rails.
| You write | Means |
|---|
ALL CAPS cue | Speech - the next line(s) are their dialogue |
CUE (mood) | Speech with a mood (angry · sad · happy · …) |
CUE (THINKING) | Thinking - inner monologue |
> line | Action (stage direction) |
= line | Transition/ scene cut |
| plain line | Narration |
**bold** · *italic* | Inline emphasis, in any block |
| Command | Block |
|---|
/sp | Speech |
/th | Thinking |
/na | Narration |
/ac | Action |
/tr | Transition |
@name | Convert to speech and set the speaker |
| Key | Does |
|---|
| Cmd / Ctrl + S | Save the open page |
| Cmd / Ctrl + K | Command palette · content search |
| Cmd / Ctrl + Alt + D | Toggle the component-region overlay |
| / | Move between blocks |
| Enter | New narration block below |
| Tab / Enter (in the palette) | Commit the selected block type |
Every AI edit is one of two kinds; applying a finished edit is a single step, so one Cmd/Ctrl + Z undoes it.
| Kind | What the AI returns |
|---|
| Append | Only new text, added to the end of the page - for drafting / scaffolding |
| Replace | The whole page rewritten - for reformatting / revising existing text |