Screenplay Writer

Using Screenplay Writer

Free screenwriting software in your browser. Type and the script formats itself the way desktop screenwriting apps do: Enter moves from a character name to dialogue and back to action, Tab switches between elements, and character names, locations and times of day autocomplete. Real page breaks with (MORE) and (CONT’D), a scene navigator, a character report and a title page help you shape the draft; export a standard PDF, a Fountain file or a Final Draft .fdx.

1. Start with the example or File → New script, or open a .fountain, .fdx or .txt script.
2. Type a scene heading such as INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT and press Enter to write action.
3. Press Tab on an empty action line to write a CHARACTER name, Enter for their dialogue, and Enter again to go back to action. Type ( in empty dialogue for a parenthetical.
4. Use the Scenes tab to jump around and see page lengths, and the Cast tab for speeches per character or to rename someone.
5. Fill in the Title tab, check the Pages view, then export a PDF, .fountain or .fdx from the File tab.

Example

Typing INT. FERRY TERMINAL - NIGHT, a line of action, MAYA, and her line of dialogue produces a correctly indented scene in standard screenplay format, ready to print.
A long speech that reaches the bottom of a page is split with (MORE) and continues on the next page under MAYA (CONT'D), as studios expect.

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