# Scenes and the script (/docs/writing/scenes)

A scene is a script and the canvas where you storyboard it. A sequence plays its scenes in order.

## Write a scene [#write-a-scene]

Open a scene. Its script is the **Script** node on the canvas. Write it as a screenplay: headings, action, characters and dialogue. Right-click the Script node and choose **Write in focus** for a larger page.

## The Script view [#the-script-view]

**Script** shows the whole story as one screenplay, scene after scene.

- **Tab** and **⇧Tab** change the line type.
- **Enter** starts the next line.
- Type a heading like `INT. KITCHEN` and press **Enter** to start a new scene.

## Paste a script [#paste-a-script]

To start from a script you already have, paste it into the [story agent](/docs/writing/story-agent). It turns the script into sequences and scenes and copies your text as it is.

## Editing together [#editing-together]

When you start editing a scene, others see that you are in it, and its fields are read-only for them until you stop. If you close your laptop, they are freed after about 45 seconds.