Error: you cant have one character immediately followed by another

I don’t get why it is saying this. this is my current script:
INT. JAIL CELL - DAY

@EMILIA spot 1.656 156 -162

EMILIA

(I’m bored already)

sound phone_beep

(the error is here) NARR

ALL INMATES ARE FREE TO GO TO THE CAFETERIA FOR LUNCH

@EMILIA walks to spot 1.656 -70 -169

please help

try doing

NARRATOR
ALL inmates are free to go to the cafeteria for lunch

make sure the NARRATOR is in blue not red or grey

In your actual script did you put the ( ) in the dialogue?

I didn’t put ( ) around what the narrator was saying

remember for the NARRATOR you only use ( ) if its like this

     NARRATOR (SPONGEBOB)
Ahh!

if your using it like that if your not just use it like this

remember for the NARRATOR you only use ( ) if its like this

     NARRATOR
Ahh!

Make sure it is blue

No I meant for Emilia

i tried that, but its not working

can you send a screen shot. :slight_smile:

I think because you put brackets in emilia’s dialogue the portal is not recognising the dialogue it thinks you have just put @EMILIA then NARR straight under

yeah thats wrong you need to have the narrator in the middle not at the side so like press space bar and have the NARRATOR color turn blue

For emilia i did

i tried that, it’s still not working

Okay then yes i agree with other person, your NARRATOR should be center so just tab it twice and it will turn to blue which is what you want

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Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 8.54.55 PM

like this you see how narrator is blue and in the middle

i tried that already, its not working

Reload it then, it might be stuck.

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yes, i did that but it still said "You can’t have one character immediatly followed by another

oh i think its because you need to have a dialog before the narrator.

Sometimes it might not really be that error, I have found that when you use a sound code it can play havoc with your script, which is weird, it happens to me a lot

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