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Splitting a chapter into scenes

πŸ«› How to split chapters into scenes as you're writing in the manuscript.

Updated over 11 months ago

It's possible to create chapter and scene breaks while writing, directly in your manuscript. So, if you want to create a scene break so that you can move sections of text around more easily, or split a section of text so that it becomes a new chapter, here's how:

Long-click (hold the right side mouse down for 2 seconds) at the point where you want to create the break to bring up the toolbar:

Selecting the button to split a scene (--) or chapter (Ch):

You can also use a shortcut to create scenes and chapters:

  • Ctrl-enter creates a scene break

  • Alt-enter creates a chapter break

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