: Re: Playwriting: What is the difference between parentheticals and stage directions? Coming from the World of Screenwriting, it proves difficult for me to discern the usage of parentheticals from the

Not true, " should be capitalized and centered," it should be left side.
Character names appear in all caps, indented 4 inches from the left edge of the page.
Once the character name is typed, there is never a double space that follows... the next
line after a character name is never blank. The next line after a character name is either
dialogue or a brief stage direction if needed. See the example pages.
from this page: ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/lking/CPF_play_formatting2.pdf

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