Library of Formatting Examples:Metrical Drama
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Metrical drama is an advanced topic with special formatting requirements. These examples only show some common situations. Please refer to the Metrical Drama Masterclass for further information.
Preferences vary among project managers and post-processors, so it is essential to read each project's comments and discussion, and to ask for guidance.
Before reviewing these examples, make sure you are familiar with the Plays section of the Formatting Guidelines.
Contents
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- 00A: Dramatis personae
- 01A: No-wraps and block quotes
- 02A: Indented dialogue
- 03A: Quotation marks; brackets; overflow
- 04A: Major divisions; stage directions; indented dialogue
- 05B: Dialogue transitions across pages
- 05C: Inline markup
- 06B: Indenting stage directions
- 06C: Inline stage directions (line start)
- 06D: Inline stage directions (line end)
- 07B: Line numbers
- 07C: Overflow versus indentation
- 08B: Ambiguous stage directions
- 08C: Non-standard stage directions; italics/small caps interactions
- 09A: Indentations are not paragraphs
- 10A: Speakers' names
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