Screenplay Settings

Screenplay settings allow you to customize how the screenplay format integrates with your assets and control automatic entity creation behavior.

Accessing Screenplay Settings

Click on Settings in the sidebar
Select Screenplay from the settings menu

Auto-Create Options

Auto-Create Characters

When enabled, character names typed in Character elements are automatically created as entities in your linked character asset group.

Enabled (default): Characters are created automatically when you finish typing a character name
Disabled: No automatic character creation; you can still create characters manually

Auto-Create Locations

When enabled, locations extracted from Scene Headings are automatically created as entities in your linked location asset group.

Enabled (default): Locations are created automatically from scene headings like INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY
Disabled: No automatic location creation; you can still create locations manually

INFO

The app intelligently parses scene headings to extract just the location name. For example, from INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY, only "COFFEE SHOP" is extracted as the location.

Linked Asset Groups

Screenplay format needs to know which asset groups should store your characters and locations.

Character Asset Group

The asset group where screenplay characters will be created.

To change:

Open Screenplay Settings
Find "Characters Asset Group"
Select an existing asset group from the dropdown, or
Select "Create New..." to create a new asset group

Location Asset Group

The asset group where screenplay locations will be created.

To change:

Open Screenplay Settings
Find "Locations Asset Group"
Select an existing asset group from the dropdown, or
Select "Create New..." to create a new asset group

Current Configuration

The settings page shows your current configuration:

Characters linked to: Shows which asset group receives character entities
Locations linked to: Shows which asset group receives location entities

If either shows "Not configured", you'll need to select an asset group before auto-creation can work.

Saving Changes

After making changes:

Click Save Changes to apply your new settings
The button is only enabled when you've made changes

Changes take effect immediately for new screenplay content.

Duplicate Prevention

The auto-create feature includes intelligent duplicate detection:

Before creating an entity, the system checks if a character or location with that name already exists
Existing entities are not duplicated
This works across all your asset groups, not just the linked ones

Screenplay Format

Learn about screenplay elements, keyboard shortcuts, and formatting

Import from WriterDuet

Import existing screenplays and auto-create characters and locations