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| 001 | Guide | Screenplay outline templates that actually survive a draftSix outline shapes — beat sheet, index cards, sequences, treatment, mini-movie, eight-sequence — and when each one helps. Free .arq + .fdx + PDF pack at the bottom. | Six outline shapes — beat sheet, index cards, sequences, treatment, mini-movie, eight-sequence — and when each one helps. Free .arq + .fdx + PDF pack at the bottom. | 15 min |
| 002 | Guide | How to write a logline (without selling your soul)The logline is not a marketing exercise. It's a structural test. If you can't write yours, the script has a hole. | The logline is not a marketing exercise. It's a structural test. If you can't write yours, the script has a hole. | 10 min |
| 003 | Term | LoglineA logline is a one- or two-sentence summary of a screenplay that names the protagonist, their goal, and the central conflict standing in the way. It is the script's elevator pitch — but more than marketing, it is a structural test: if you cannot write a clean logline, the story usually has a hole. | A logline is a one- or two-sentence summary of a screenplay that names the protagonist, their goal, and the central conflict standing in the way. It is the script's elevator pitch — but more than marketing, it is a structural test: if you cannot write a clean logline, the story usually has a hole. | Definition |
| 004 | Term | TreatmentA treatment is a prose retelling of a screenplay's full story, written in the present tense and running anywhere from one to a dozen-plus pages. It walks through the plot scene by scene without dialogue or formatting, used to develop, pitch, or sell a story before the script exists. | A treatment is a prose retelling of a screenplay's full story, written in the present tense and running anywhere from one to a dozen-plus pages. It walks through the plot scene by scene without dialogue or formatting, used to develop, pitch, or sell a story before the script exists. | Definition |
| 005 | Term | SynopsisA synopsis is a brief prose summary of a screenplay's story, usually a paragraph to a page, that captures the premise, the main characters, and the arc through to the ending. Unlike a logline it includes the resolution, and unlike a treatment it stays high-level rather than scene-by-scene. | A synopsis is a brief prose summary of a screenplay's story, usually a paragraph to a page, that captures the premise, the main characters, and the arc through to the ending. Unlike a logline it includes the resolution, and unlike a treatment it stays high-level rather than scene-by-scene. | Definition |
| 006 | Term | Spec scriptA spec script is a screenplay written on speculation — without a commission or a buyer — to sell on the open market or to showcase a writer's voice. Spec format is clean and reader-focused: no shot numbers, no camera directions, no production markup, since its only job is to be read and bought. | A spec script is a screenplay written on speculation — without a commission or a buyer — to sell on the open market or to showcase a writer's voice. Spec format is clean and reader-focused: no shot numbers, no camera directions, no production markup, since its only job is to be read and bought. | Definition |
| 007 | Term | ScriptmentA scriptment is a hybrid document, part script and part treatment, that mixes prose storytelling with occasional formatted scenes and dialogue. Coined by James Cameron, it lets a writer sketch a film at treatment speed while dropping into full scene format wherever a moment needs to play in detail. | A scriptment is a hybrid document, part script and part treatment, that mixes prose storytelling with occasional formatted scenes and dialogue. Coined by James Cameron, it lets a writer sketch a film at treatment speed while dropping into full scene format wherever a moment needs to play in detail. | Definition |
| 008 | Help | Start your first scriptOpen the editor, type a scene heading, hit return. That's it. | Open the editor, type a scene heading, hit return. That's it. | 2 min |
| 009 | Help | Use Arqo on every deviceSame editor on phone, tablet, desktop. Same Fountain engine. Same export. | Same editor on phone, tablet, desktop. Same Fountain engine. Same export. | 3 min |