To write a character name to cue some dialogue, type the name in uppercase (ALL-CAPS).
JOLENE
The next line will be parsed as dialogue.
Sometimes you might want to include lowercase letters in a character
name. To force a line as a character name, prefix it with @ (at
sign).
@JOLENE McCLOGGS
Some Fountain tools may not parse a line as a character name if the
extension contains lowercase letters, requiring the @ prefix.
@JOLENE (cont'd)
If you are just writing the character’s name within action, type the character’s name normally.
Jolene
If you prefer to write character names within action in uppercase, that’s fine too. The following will still be parsed as action.
JOLENE throws the chair at PHILIP.
This option allows setting your own character extensions, e.g. “(O.C.)”.