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Shots (Mini-Slugs)

Note: Shots are a Beat-specific feature and not standard Fountain markup. They might print out with an exclamation mark in front of them in other Fountain editors.

If you need a line that is visually similar to a scene heading but doesn’t create a new scene, you can use the Beat-exclusive shot line type. Shots will stay together with any following block (action, dialogue, etc.) when paginating, so they’ll never be left alone at the end of a page.

INT. HOUSE PARTY – NIGHT Everyone is having fun they hear the front door open. !!IN THE HALLWAY a doppelganger of our main character enters the house.