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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 6 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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