I've already written about 25% of my script for an RPG in MS Word and thought I better check if this is a good idea before I go even further with it (I'm going to redo what I've done anyhow). My format is as follows: Chapter 3 This text represents actions such as what characters will do between dialogue or directions that describe what the player has to do in order to get to this point CHARACTER #1 "This is the dialogue, what the character will say" CHARACTER #2 "This is the dialogue, what the character will say" CHARACTER #1 1. "Here the character has a choice, indicated by the numbers in front of text" 2. "The choice can change what happens later or change what the response will be only" 1. If you chose 1 ......... 2. Or if you chose 2 .......... And it goes on like that. I segment it into chapters for tracking only so I can go find a peice of the script easier. I'm only writing the main story script and the side missions (that don't effect the story) as a seperate document, not all the small talk with the townspeople. Is this alright? The only problem I am having is what if the player should choose to have a different party of characters? Then that will change everything. My bandaid solution is to, from the point where you can choose your party, to just have a set of 4 characters that are in the 'assumed' party for script purposes. Or should I use something like this: http://www.chat-mapper.com At the end of the day I want to have something that is usable for a game but I also want something that is easy to read by whoever might pick it up, a nice easy reading format for the main linear plot of the game.

Read through this thread, there's a program called Chat Mapper you might want to look at:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=553324