The printer queue: campus chat template
A ready X (Twitter) DM-look chat for the campus and study life gallery, eight messages and about 26 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the X (Twitter) DM look
There are 41 people in the printer queue.
Is it moving?
It printed one page in ten minutes.
What is the page?
A picture of a cat.
Whose cat?
Nobody knows. It is a good cat.
Then it is a good page.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The printer queue
Load The printer queue and you get eight messages. Bea opens with "There are 41 people in the printer queue.", Cal closes with "Then it is a good page.", and the read-through runs roughly 26 seconds.
Pacing numbers: the longest bubble is message 1 at 8 words, the shortest is message 6. Three questions give the chat its back-and-forth. You can change any line or name once the sample is open in the editor.
Using it in the X (Twitter) DM look
Add one study joke that only makes sense in context, then repeat it once. Free accounts can use X (Twitter) DM without paying. Extras in this look: read marks and reactions; missing: typing dots and an online status. Short vertical videos of around twenty seconds fit this subject very well, and they leave room for a Part 2. The header carries the display name and a handle, which makes it easy to introduce a character who is a public-facing, fictional account.
What the Free plan shows
Four messages is the Free limit, so Cal's "What is the page?" is where the preview stops. Paid plans carry the remaining four messages, up to "Then it is a good page.", and allow more people in the scene.
Tips
- Give "A picture of a cat." (message 5) an extra half second on screen.
- Leave Bea's "There are 41 people in the printer queue." alone on screen for a full second at the start.
- Short vertical videos of around twenty seconds fit this subject very well, and they leave room for a Part 2.
- Rewrite the last line, "Then it is a good page.", in your own voice and mark the post as fiction.
- Swap Bea and Cal for two invented names of your own; shorter names make tighter bubbles on a phone.
Questions
Can I use The printer queue on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The X (Twitter) DM look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The printer queue as a video?
About 26 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this campus chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Bea and Cal, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.