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Mores and Continueds

All good screenwriting packages allow you to adjust how Mores and Continueds are used within your screenplays, e.g. Celtx has these options:

Script Analysis Mores and Continueds

The general advice is to show:

Dialogue breaks: i.e. enable (MORE) at bottom of page, and (cont'd) at top of subsequent page

But NOT show:

Character Continueds: i.e. do not enable Character Continueds
Scene breaks: i.e. do not enable (CONTINUED) at bottom of page, and CONTINUED: at top of subsequent page

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