Free screenwriting tools
Free tools for writers, with no sign-up and nothing to install. All of them except the AI script generator run entirely in your browser, and each uses the same formatting and page engine as the Scenaloom editor.
Develop the story
Names, plots, titles, loglines and beats: starting points you can change.
AI script generator: a scene from your premise
Describe your premise, pick a genre and a format, and get a short scene written in standard screenplay format. Save it as PDF, Final Draft or Fountain, or keep writing it in the editor.
Character name generator
Realistic character names from 26 countries and cultures, with native script and readings where the culture uses another alphabet, and invented names in four fantasy styles. Filter by gender and generate as many as you like.
Villain name generator
Menacing names for antagonists: a name with an epithet, a plain full name that sounds wrong in the right way, or a codename for a supervillain or a secret organization.
Plot generator: random story ideas by genre
A random plot generator that builds a premise from seven pieces: protagonist, setting, inciting incident, goal, obstacle, stakes and a twist. Keep the pieces you like and generate the rest again.
Movie title generator
Original film title ideas by genre, ten at a time. Add a keyword from your story, such as an object or a place, and it appears in some of the titles.
Logline generator: three formulas, one sentence
Answer six short questions about your story and this logline generator writes three versions of a logline, each built on a different formula, with checks for length, stakes and obstacle.
Beat sheet calculator
Enter the length of your script and see where each beat should land, page by page, for the three-act structure, the fifteen-beat sheet and the hero's journey. Download the result as a spreadsheet.
Format, time and convert
Format a script, time it, convert between PDF, Final Draft and Fountain, and make a title page.
Script timer: how long will your script run?
Paste a screenplay, a video script or a voice-over and see how long it runs: screen time from the formatted page count, and read-aloud time from the spoken words at the pace you choose.
Screenplay formatter: paste text, get a formatted script
Paste a script written in plain text or Fountain, and this screenplay formatter lays it out in standard screenplay format, page by page. Save it as a PDF, a Final Draft file, Fountain or plain text.
FDX to PDF and PDF to FDX converter
Convert screenplays from FDX to PDF, PDF to FDX, and between Fountain and plain text in your browser: open a file, check the formatted preview, and save it in the format you need.
Screenplay title page generator
Fill in your title, name, source material and contact details, see the title page as it prints, and save it as a PDF, a Fountain title block or a Final Draft file.