Screenplay Writing Program

StudioBinder is free to use. StudioBinder is and will forever be free to access and use whether you are on a Free, Teams, Education, or Enterprise account. However, there may be some additional features or content you get access to with paid subscriptions.

Yes, good screenwriting programs like StudioBinder handle all the formatting automatically. That way, you don't have to interrupt your creative flow on every single page.

Yes, ChatGPT can help you write a script. You should be wary of the quality, though, and make sure you consider it a rough first draft to be refined and edited by you later. Remember that all ChatGPT can give you is recycled bits from other screenplays it has been trained with so it might not have much originality to it.

Yes, you can find a Microsoft work screenplay template but it's less of a template and more of a guide. It will show you an equivalent of industry-standard formatting looks like but you'll have to handle the formatting yourself as you write. You're better off to use actual screenwriting programs like StudioBinder to handle those technical aspects while you focus on the creative ones.

You can find a screenplay template for Google Docs online. This will show you an equivalent of the industry standard format but you will still have to manually format your script as you write. Nothing drains your creative energy more than manual formatting.

For beginners, screenplay formatting can be a little challenging. But rather than try to learn the specific margins and settings yourself, you'd be better off using actual screenwriting software like StudioBinder that will handle all the formatting automatically.