General Stage Directions

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General Stage Directions within Acts or Scenes stand alone in the manuscript. They're single spaced and usually deal with physical action or a combination of physical action and lighting or sound effects.

				JOAN
	That's good?

			(Larkin moves away, fiddling in his pockets. 
			He won't face her. Sound of a car door
			slamming, close. Joan looks up at the sound.)

				LARKIN
			(Quietly)
	Doing nothing is the brass ring in this business.

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