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How to Capture a Script Reader’s Attention with Minimal Dialogue

We open on a burning spaceship thundering through the atmosphere of a planet far, far away. The steel asteroid crashes into the ocean and amid the wreckage our luckless hero emerges, bobbing up for air. He washes ashore and observes…

Kevin NelsonJanuary 16, 2020

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10 Things I Learned From Doing 1,000 Script Coverages

Merry Grissom has been a script reader long enough to have done approximately 1,000 script coverages. Here is just a taste of what she has learned in the process. 1. Use the proper format, spell-check and proofread your script. Then have…

Merry GrissomSeptember 26, 2019

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Biggest Red Flags for Script Readers

We all want to know what script readers are looking for, but what would a script reader throw out your script over? Script readers read script after script so if anyone knows what makes or breaks a script, it would…

Beverly PedersJuly 12, 2019

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Screenplay Elements that Script Readers Can’t Get Enough Of

Ever wonder what the script reader is looking for besides story structure, formatting, and grammar/spelling errors? Something that could set your script apart from all the other good stories to make it great? There’s no real formula to it, writing…

Beverly PedersJune 17, 2019

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What is Script Coverage?

Screenplay coverage is one of the most useful tools in screenwriting, but what many people may not know is that "coverage" was and is a tool for the industry. Managers, producers, literary agents and studio executives build their success on…

Shaun LeonardMay 24, 2018