so, if you’re a beginner to episode writing / coding, here are some basic codes you’ll need to know.
PLACING CHARACTERS
if you want a character to be standing in the beginning of the scene / already placed instead of them walking in, you’d do:
@CHARACTER stands POSITION
POSITIONS
-screen center
-screen left
-screen right
-upscreen left
-upscreen right
-back far left
-back far right
-back left
-back right
CHARACTERS ENTERING AND EXITING
i suggest checking out @JemU776’s amazing and in-depth guide on characters entering and exiting scenes.
(i hope you don’t mind the tag)
CHARACTERS SPEAKING
this is really simple.
the layout for if you want a character to be speaking is:
CHARACTER (animation)
What you want the character to say.
what if you want the character to be doing two animations during one speech bubble?
&CHARACTER is animation THEN CHARACTER is animation
CHARACTER
What you want character to say.
What if you want a character to be doing an animation, while the other character is talking?
&CHARACTER2 is animation
CHARACTER
What you want character to say.
ANIMATIONS WITHOUT SPEAKING
if you want a character doing an animation without having to speak, you’d do:
@CHARACTER is animation
if you want another character doing an animation too, you’d do:
@CHARACTER is animation AND CHARACTER2 is animation
LAYERS
if you want a character to be under or above the other character(s).
@CHARACTER moves to layer 1 AND CHARACTER2 moves to layer 2
if you involve overlays, and want your character to be above or under / behind your overlay, it would be:
@CHARACTER moves to layer 1 AND overlay OVERLAY moves to layer 3
ZOOMS
if you want to zoom up on a character:
@zoom on CHARACTER to AMOUNT in S
S = SECONDS
AMOUNT = 100, 200, etc.
the higher the number, the closer the zoom.
to reset the zoom, just do @zoom reset.
you can also zoom on different things, like a hand, or eye, or an overlay. and you can do that in the writer’s portal. if you want an in depth tutorial on that, as well, i suggest checking out joseph evans on youtube. i actually watched his tutorials to help me on my first ever story.
USEFUL SOURCES (TUTORIALS)
EPISODE GUIDES - a tab in the writer’s portal which explains a lot of the coding.
JOSEPH EVANS - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCD17InEi5cZYiGHaLGjkehQ
DARA AMARIE - https://www.dara-amarie.com/
this topic is definitely incomplete. i’ll be adding more everyday. if you need me to cover something specific, don’t hesitate to let me know! 
