{"id":1531,"date":"2026-07-28T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tosiproductions.com\/thomas\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:52:55","slug":"put-it-on-my-tab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tosiproductions.com\/thomas\/put-it-on-my-tab\/","title":{"rendered":"Put It On My Tab\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s a bittersweet feeling to change the tabs on my typewriter because I&#8217;ve finished the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cagers-Thomas-Tosi\/dp\/1954782233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">limited series screenplay<\/a> I&#8217;ve been working on for the last several years, and now I&#8217;m back to narrative prose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yes, to change the tabs on my Smith-Corona Silent, I have to open a panel on the back of the carriage and manually move clips from the tab positions used for scripts to the tab positions used for narrative 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