Guides

Step-by-step instructions for using ScriptChamp.

Real images from Google Docs.

Start here

Install ScriptChamp

ScriptChamp works in Google Docs on a desktop, laptop, or Chromebook.

  1. Open ScriptChamp in the Google Workspace Marketplace and click Install.
  2. Select your Google account and allow the permissions ScriptChamp needs to format your scripts.
  3. Open any Google Doc. Select Extensions > ScriptChamp > Open ScriptChamp.

Start your free trial

Try ScriptChamp Pro free for 7 days. No credit card required.

  1. Open ScriptChamp in any Google Doc.
  2. Type your email in the sidebar and click Start 7-day trial of ScriptChamp Pro.
  3. Every format and every Pro tool is yours for 7 days.

After your trial, free mode checks your script for formatting errors.

Buy or upgrade

Purchase a Single Format, Combo Pack, or ScriptChamp Pro to use ScriptChamp’s formatting tools, QuickWrite, and development and production docs.

Pay once. No subscription required.

  1. Your license key arrives by email.
  2. In the sidebar, click Already purchased? Paste your key and click Activate.

Every Single Format and Combo Pack purchase counts toward an upgrade to ScriptChamp Pro. Upgrade any time.

QuickWrite

Quick Draft

  1. Type your script using the simple guide for your format.
  2. Click Quick Draft.
  3. Your draft reformats into an industry-standard script. To return to the previous formatting, click Revert.
A screenplay typed plainly in Google Docs, before Quick Draft
Plain text
The same screenplay after Quick Draft, fully formatted
Screenplay

Quick Scene

  1. Add a custom template for a scene or page at your cursor.
  2. Click Quick Scene, set up the scene, then click Quick Scene again.
  3. Fill in the story.

In Comic Book, this tool is Quick Page. In Podcast, it is Quick Segment.

A blank Google Doc, before Quick Scene
Blank page
A webcomic scene, laid out by Quick Scene
Webcomic scene

Quick Craft

  1. Open your outline or treatment.
  2. In Quick Craft, select your outline or treatment and To Script, then click Quick Craft.
  3. Quick Craft reformats your scene headings, action, character names, and featured dialogue into an initial script draft in a new document.
An outline in Google Docs, before Quick Craft
Outline
The script draft Quick Craft made from the outline, in a new document
Screenplay

Quick Post

Built for ScriptChamp’s self-publishing formats: Web Novel, Webcomic, and Podcast.

  1. Open your finished chapter or episode.
  2. Click Quick Post, choose your platform, then click Quick Post again.
  3. Quick Post reformats key script elements into a Publish Kit in a new document, so you can quickly prepare your work for digital platforms.
A web novel chapter in Google Docs, before Quick Post
Web Novel chapter
A Publish Kit for the same chapter, made by Quick Post in a new document
Publish Kit

ScriptChamp Pro

Quick Adapt

  1. Open your finished script.
  2. In Quick Adapt, select the new format for your script and click Quick Adapt.
  3. Quick Adapt reformats key elements of a finished script according to a new medium’s formatting standards. The adapted script opens in a new Doc. Your original stays as it was.
A stage play page in Google Docs, before Quick Adapt
Stage Play
The same scene after Quick Adapt, rebuilt as a screenplay in a new document
Screenplay

Quick Translate

  1. Open your script.
  2. In Quick Translate, select the new language for your script and click Quick Translate.
  3. Quick Translate works with Google Translate to create the translated script in a new Doc, keeping your characters’ names and all ScriptChamp formatting. Your original stays untouched.
A screenplay page in Google Docs, before Quick Translate
English
The same screenplay page after Quick Translate, in Spanish and still in script format
Spanish

Still stuck?

More guides and videos are available on Instagram and TikTok.

Read the FAQ, or write to support@script-champ.com.

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Install ScriptChamp

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