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Script review

Use the Text tab as the main review surface. It keeps the manuscript, dialogue highlights, character references, vocabulary, and unresolved questions in one workspace.

Primary book view

You can see the book text with highlighted dialogues, character details and vocabulary.

  1. 1All the panels are foldable, so you can leave more space for the text
  2. 2You can adjust the font, text size, spacing etc. for more comfortable reading
  3. 3Choose the color scheme (light, soft, dark) that is most comfortable for you
  4. 4Use the font, size, line spacing, paragraph gap, and theme controls to make the script comfortable for review.
PrepBoss Text tab for the requested Treasure Island book with the app sidebar and page-preview panel collapsed
The collapsed page rail leaves the dialogue, character list, and vocabulary panel visible without crowding the manuscript.

Check dialogue against the speaker card

PrepBoss highlights detected dialogue and assigns a speaker. Review it in the text before treating it as final.

  1. 1Left-click a highlighted dialogue line to focus and expand the matching character card.
  2. 2On the character card you will see the character name, aliases, attributes, voice features etc.

Reassign dialogue

When a highlighted line belongs to the wrong speaker, correct it from the passage instead of searching through the character table.

  1. 1Right-click the highlighted dialogue line in the manuscript. Yoo will see most likely speakers with confidence levels.
  2. 2Usually the correct speaker is already near the top of the list.
  3. 3Click the character who should own the line.
  4. 4Leave 'Auto-reassign nearby dialogue' when you want the app to auto-reassign a few following dialogues because you selection affects them.
  5. 5Click 'Reassign'
Reassign Dialogue modal with character search, current speaker marker, confidence, and auto-reassign nearby dialogue option

Mark dialogue as narration

In rare cases, Prepboss may incorrectly mark a part of narration as dialogue (e.g. when it's quoted and looks like a dialogue)

  1. 1Right-click the highlighted dialogue line.
  2. 2Click the trash button in the Reassign Dialogue header.
Reassign Dialogue modal with the remove-dialogue button highlighted by a tooltip

Mark missed dialogues

In rare cases, Prepboss may miss a dialogue and keep it as narration.

  1. 1Drag-select the exact words that should become dialogue.
  2. 2Click Mark as dialogue in the toolbar.
  3. 3Select the speaker
  4. 4Click 'Mark as dialogue'
Mark Selection as Speech modal with selected manuscript text and speaker choices
Selected manuscript text can be added as speech and assigned to a character without leaving the Text tab.

Add and adjust delivery cues

Delivery cues are short performance notes attached to a specific dialogue line (e.g. shout, whisper, etc.)

  1. 1Right-click the highlighted dialogue line.
  2. 2Click the delivery-cue button in the Reassign Dialogue header.
  3. 3Choose up to two cues from the available options.
  4. 4Click the trash button on a selected cue to remove it.
  5. 5Click Save cues to keep the delivery cues on that line.
Edit Delivery Cues modal with a selected cue, removable selected chip, and Save cues button
Cues can be added, replaced, or removed from the line-specific modal before saving.

Add/remove bookmarks and text notes

  1. 1Add a bookmark by clicking on a vertical line on the left, or by selecting a part of text.
  2. 2Add a note to the bookmark if needed
  3. 3Move between bookmarks via the arrow buttons on top
  4. 4Remove the bookmark by clicking 'trash' icon

Prepboss splits the text into scenes that are easier to work with separately.

  1. 1See the scene boundaries to the left from teh text.
  2. 2See the scene summary by clicking 'info' button
  3. 3Jump to the next/previous scene