This deals with Mores and Cont'ds - looking to get different writer's feedback.

When I first starting writing - I used the Final Draft defaults for Mores and Cont'ds which means that:

1. For Scene Breaks between pages - a (MORE) at the bottom of the first page and a (CONT'D at the top of the next.

2. Dialogue breaks - same page (i.e., a single character's dialogue is broken by some action line (s).  The FD default is to put a (CONT"D next to the character name when the dialogue resumes. e.g.,

3. Scene Breaks between pages. The FD default if a right handed CONTINUED on page 1 and A left side CONTINUED on the top of page 2.

So - I stopped using the FD defaults (mostly for aesthetic reasons) and only use a MORE and CONT'd when a characters dialogue is broken up between two pages. Other than that, I don't use them at all.

Looking for other's thoughts on this topic.  

I've stopped using them entirely, no one has even mentioned it... and I think the pages look cleaner.

Me too.  Except, as you said, where dialogue flows over the page.

A lot of people still use dialogue CONT'Ds - I just think without them it looks way better, and it's not like you need them to follow what's going on/whose dialogue it is etc.

Much cleaner.

P.S. Lately I've been dabbling with BOLD scene headers, and even different fonts for titles. I know, shocking.  :D But you can keep your Ms and Cs.

I'm a big fan of BOLD headings... but different fonts for titles - anarchy!

Thanks guys - good to hear.

Libby - I've gone to bold scene headings - I just like the way it pops off the page.

I hate them. It'd be one thing if Final Draft restricted them to page breaks, but they don't; if there's even a single line of action between dialogue, they add a MORE/CONT'D. It's excessive and arbitrary, so I turn them off outright.

I concur - thanks for the feedback.

Never used them... but, in the grand scheme of things, I don't think that it matters much. If somebody stops reading a script because of something like that then they're idiots.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood I'm a big fan of BOLD headings... but different fonts for titles - anarchy!

I've been seeing a lot of scene headings in bold and underlined in sold scripts. I kinda like it.

I use bold slugs. It makes it easier to see scene breaks. I also LOVE creative title fonts. LOVE what Dena did with her Kill Your Demon script. I just wish I could figure out how to do it myself. I guess I'm old and dumb, but I definitely would use different fonts if I could. They are also used more and more in pro scripts.

As far as  the CON'T and such go, no one cares. EVERYONE is looking for great scripts, meaning story. Now, that's the hard part. :)

I use an old version of Celtx so can't use the fancy fonts either. I've tried looking to see if there is a way to add the fonts directly into the code but can't find any how-tos on line.

Quoted from DustinBowcot I use an old version of Celtx so can't use the fancy fonts either. I've tried looking to see if there is a way to add the fonts directly into the code but can't find any how-tos on line.

You can create the title page in something else, save it as a PDF. Then you can merge it with the rest of the script.

You can do it in Adobe Acrobat. But there are also a ton of online sites which you can use to merge the two files together.

My last script had the word FLY in it. So I put a small simple illustration of a fly in the top left corner of the title page. Making it look like a fly landed on the page. And I used a different font for the title page. A more visually interesting one, but one that didn't clash too much with the courier one.

You've got to get creative. Jazz it up a bit :)

Quoted from Demento You can create the title page in something else, save it as a PDF. Then you can merge it with the rest of the script. You can do it in Adobe Acrobat. But there are also a ton of online sites which you can use to merge the two files together. My last script had the word FLY in it. So I put a small simple illustration of a fly in the top left corner of the title page. Making it look like a fly landed on the page. And I used a different font for the title page. A more visually interesting one, but one that didn't clash too much with the courier one. You've got to get creative. Jazz it up a bit :)

Thanks for that. I'll give it a whirl.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I use bold slugs. It makes it easier to see scene breaks. I also LOVE creative title fonts. LOVE what Dena did with her Kill Your Demon script. I just wish I could figure out how to do it myself. I guess I'm old and dumb, but I definitely would use different fonts if I could. They are also used more and more in pro scripts. As far as  the CON'T and such go, no one cares. EVERYONE is looking for great scripts, meaning story. Now, that's the hard part. :)

I'm a big fan of bold slugs as well, but some would argue that if you bold them, then you should probably bold transitions to keep things consistent.  I personally don't agree with that because it looks like overkill on the page.  It's a choice at the end of the day, and it certainly does aid navigation for some people.