

Color the text purple by using the custom color wheel. Next, click on Text Color below the category name field to bring up the custom color wheel. Create a new category of Tags by clicking the plus symbol at the bottom of the categories window and title it “Character Development.” Now that our characters are Tagged, let’s track them through their character development scenes. Note: you can pin the Navigator to your document so it stays in place at the front of your script file. Open the Navigator by going to Tools > Show Navigator (on Mac), hitting the Navigator icon in the Toolbar or View > Show Navigator (Windows). Once in Tags Mode, select Tag all characters so they are recognized as Cast Members in the Navigator.
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Using Final Draft’s sample script Airship, here’s how to get the most out of Tagging for writers.Īctivating Tags Mode can be done by hitting Command (or Control) + T on the keyboard, or by going to Production > Tags Mode. Traditionally used as a tool to break down scripts for production, Tags Mode in Final Draft 11 is a robust tool designed to track any element in the script including characters, action, props and more. Whether we’re tracking a character’s emotional arc, their interactions with other characters, or how many times they’ve scratched someone’s name off their kill list (looking at you, Arya Stark) tracking this information will help the overall development of the script. Tracking characters: it’s at the forefront of any writer’s mind when writing a script.
