Board View — Visualize Your Screenplay Structure
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Visual Structure
Let me show you something. Most screenwriting software gives you a blank page and says go write. That's how you end up with 80 pages of nothing going anywhere. Professionals don't start on page one — they start with structure. Board View shows you your entire screenplay architecture at a glance. Acts, sequences, beats, scenes. Zoom in and out like Google Maps for your story.
Acts → Sequences → Beats → Scenes
Four zoom levels. Widest view — your three acts. The macro shape of the whole movie. Zoom in one level — sequences within each act. Zoom again — beats, the individual story moves. One more — scenes, the actual script content. Each level is a different lens on the same story. And you can reorganize at any level — drag beats, shift sequences, restructure the whole thing without touching a single page of script.
Adding and Organizing Beats
Add beats with one click — title it, drop in a description if you want. Each beat becomes a container for the scenes inside it. Think of it as outlining, but spatial. You see the whole story and exactly where each piece lives. When something feels off — act two is dragging, the midpoint has no punch — this is where you diagnose it and fix it before you've written 60 pages you have to throw away.
Board to Script Workflow
Here's the workflow — outline in Board, write in Script. Click any beat and you jump straight to those scenes in the editor. Structure and pages stay connected the whole time. That's the whole point. Most tools make you choose between outlining and writing. Free Screenwriter keeps them linked. Free. Always. Go build your structure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I reorganize my screenplay from Board View?
Yes. Board View lets you add, remove, and reorder acts, sequences, beats, and scenes visually. Changes in the Board are reflected in the Script editor automatically.
What are the four zoom levels?
Acts (widest view), Sequences (groups of related beats), Beats (individual story moves), and Scenes (the script-level content). You can zoom in and out to work at any structural level.
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