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Write a stage play by voice

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A play is voices in a room, so writing one by voice makes sense. A Stage play project lays out your acts, scenes, dialogue, and stage directions in proper theatrical format while you build them by talking.

Start a Stage play project

Create a project and choose Stage play. The workspace formats what you dictate for the stage, character names, dialogue, and directions set the way a script should read.

The stage play workspace with formatted dialogue and directions
Formatted for the theatre as you talk.

Talk your scenes into being

Describe a scene, who's on stage, what they want, what they say, and MakeVox lays it into the script. Then talk any scene through to rework the dialogue and beats until it plays.

Hear it read

Dialogue is meant to be heard. Use Table Read to hear the scene performed with a different voice per character, so you catch the lines that don't sound like a person actually talking.

Tip. Polish smooths a scene while keeping your lines; Punch up sharpens the dialogue for more bite. Reach for punch up when a scene is true but flat.

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