Creative writing

Free Screenplay Formatter.

Plain-text screenplay formatting.

Organize a scene from your draft and inspect the formatted version beside the original action and dialogue.

Chrome extension + account required.
25 free automation tasks/month across tools. Browser-provider limits apply.

WHAT TO HAVE READY

Scene text and speaker labels.

YOUR STARTING POINT

A task you can make yours.

Copy it here. Paste it into WebAct when you are ready.

This page prepares your prompt. The task runs in WebAct.

01

Make the task yours.

Review the prompt above. Add your goal and any requirements that matter.

02

Bring it to WebAct.

Open WebAct, paste the task and provide your source material. Start in Chat for a draft or explanation; use Task when you want an approved browser action or file.

03

Check the useful part.

Use the result as an editable draft or analysis. Check it against the supplied facts and your intended audience before relying on it or sharing it.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE

How to use the Screenplay Formatter.

Formatting organizes existing scene information; it should not add actions that change the story. Keep scene headings, action and dialogue visibly distinct.

Make the workflow fit your task.

Identify scene headings, action and speaker lines in the supplied text. Apply consistent screenplay-style organization while preserving every stated action and keeping formatting decisions separate from story edits.

What you provide
Scene text and speaker labels.
What you get
Plain-text screenplay formatting.

See the input and the result.

Illustrative input and output · a teaching example, not a live WebAct run

Example input

Format without adding actions: Inside a bakery at dawn. Jo says the oven is cold.

Completed example

INT. BAKERY - DAWN

JO
The oven is cold.
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Load this input into the prompt, then copy it to WebAct to try the task. Your result may differ from the illustration.

Decisions and troubleshooting.

Will formatted text become a screenplay application file?

Plain text can show scene and dialogue structure. A specific application's file format requires its own import or export workflow.

Why did the formatted version add a gesture or movement?

Remove actions not present in the source and request formatting only. Clear layout does not require rewriting what happens.

Try it with your own source.

Replace the example with your material in the task prompt. Keep the requirements you need, then copy the task into WebAct.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Using WebAct.

The prompt and example are available here. Run your task in the WebAct Chrome extension.

Is this tool free?

You can copy and edit the prompt here for free. To use it with WebAct, install the Chrome extension, create and verify your account, and connect an available browser ChatGPT session. The Free plan includes 25 user-started automation tasks per calendar month, shared across tools. Ordinary browser Chat is separate; provider limits apply.

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FROM A PROMPT TO YOUR OWN WORK

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