How to Create a Beat Board

Discover how to create a beat board for your screenplay. Follow Studiovity‘s step-by-step guide to select a structure and organize your scenes effectively for better story development.

Open the Beat Board

Screenplay on Web View

Click on the ‘Beat Board’ option next to ‘Index Card’ in the top bar of the ‘Documents’ section.

Open beat board

Select a Structure

You will see two structure options: “3 Act Structure” and “5 Act Structure.” Select the structure that suits your screenplay.

Select structure

Customize Your Beat Board

Based on your selected structure, the corresponding number of acts will be created in the beat board. You can now import existing scenes or create custom scenes within each act.

Beat board created

Screenplay on Mobile View

  1. To create a beat board, open Beat Board section.
  2. Click on “+ADD BOARD” button. A pop-up box will open. Select the structure that suits your screenplay.
  3. Based on your selected structure, the corresponding number of acts will be created in the beat board.
Create a beat board
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