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In the slug line, how do I write a time change???

"7 years later" {then}

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Also: how do I write verbal sounds of a character that are unintelligible, etc, be they in the action line usually or do they ever get places in a dialogue line?

Bathsheba [moans] as she gets to her feet.

Bathsheba laughs hysterically.

Bathsheba snorts

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INT. HOSPITAL - DAY - 7 YEARS LATER

BATHSHEBA MOANS as she gets to her feet.

BATHSHEBA LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY.

BATHSHEBA SNORTS

                         BATHSHEBA
                        (wheezing)
                Please ... stop ... don't

RON loosens his grip on her throat, but doesn't get off her.

                         BATHSHEBA (CONT'D)
                Why ...
                         (COUGHS twice)
                Why ...

BATHSHEBA COUGHS uncontrollably.

                            RON
                         (giggles)
                You know why, darlin'.
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