SWA Format Script Template
A standard-format title page and sample scene page, ready before you submit for SWA registration.
INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY
A modest room. Sunlight through a half-open window. MEERA (30s) sits cross-legged on the floor, sorting through a stack of old letters.
MEERA
(reading, half to herself)
"Come back before the monsoon." That was six years ago.
She folds the letter, sets it down. A knock at the door.
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SWA Format Script Template: What It Covers
Before submitting a script to the Screenwriters Association (SWA) — the writers' guild for Hindi and other Indian-language film and television — for registration, a script needs a clean, standard title page and standard scene formatting: scene headings, action lines, character cues, and dialogue laid out the way the industry expects. Registration itself is about establishing authorship and provenance of a script, separate from formatting conventions, but a script that doesn't look standard-formatted invites unnecessary friction before you even get to the registration step.
This template gives you a fillable title page — title, writer credit, based-on line if applicable, contact details, and draft date — plus a sample formatted scene page showing standard scene-heading, action, and dialogue conventions, adapted for the bilingual or multilingual dialogue common in Indian productions.
How this template works
Fill in your title, writer credit, an optional based-on line, your contact details, and an optional draft date — the title page and sample scene page update as you type. When it's ready, use Print / Export PDF to save a properly formatted title page and reference scene, ready to use as the front matter for your own script.
For the actual registration process — current fees, membership requirements, and procedure — go directly to the Screenplay registry resource. This template covers formatting only, not the registration process itself.
If you need the full screenplay — not just a title page — written and formatted from scratch, The Story Maker's screenwriting tool writes natively in 17 languages, including all 10 Indian languages, and exports to PDF, Word, FDX, and Fountain.
SWA Format Template — Frequently Asked Questions
Does this template handle the actual SWA registration?
No — this is a formatting template only (title page and a sample scene page). Registration itself — fees, membership, procedure — is handled directly by the Screenwriters Association.
What should go on the title page?
Title, writer credit, an optional based-on line if adapting existing material, contact details, and often a draft date — enough for a reader or registrar to identify the script and reach the writer.
Can I write my script in an Indian language and still use this template?
Yes — the formatting conventions shown here (scene headings, action, dialogue) apply the same way regardless of language; The Story Maker's full screenwriting tool writes natively in all 10 Indian languages plus 7 other global languages.
Can I export this as a PDF?
Yes — use your browser's print dialog to save the title page and sample scene page as a PDF, no account required.
Is signing up required?
No — every field and the PDF export work without an account.