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Improve your script before you send it out

Since 1999, our script coverage service has helped tighten up over 55,000 screenplays for screenwriters and producers. Our expert story analysts provide feedback and actionable suggestions that can make your screenplay more sellable.

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We’ve worked with some of the film industry’s biggest studios and creatives such as Warner Bros, Disney, Universal, and more.

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When you order script coverage service from Screenplay Readers

Script coverage is a screenplay evaluation report written by a script reader for an agent or producer. Here’s an extensive tutorial on script coverage.

You get an experienced professional human screenplay analyst who reads your screenplay

Our script readers are story analysts, screenwriters, authors, and script development experts with at least 10 years experience who actually care about helping you make your screenplay be the best it can be.

You get feedback on your screenplay

3-4 pages of detailed, honest analysis on what’s working about your screenplay, and what’s not, and we recommend specific things to tweak right now.

You get to ask follow-up questions about that feedback

Feel free to ask questions after you receive your script coverage. We’re not going anywhere.

You get a logline

Your screenplay summed up in one or two sentences. Great for pitching.

You get a synopsis of your screenplay

Your screenplay boiled down to about a page or so, allowing you to see the major beats of your story from a professional story analyst’s point of view.

Your screenplay gets scored in 22 categories

Such as character, dialogue, plot, theme, and more. Good for tracking your progress across drafts. All scores are for your eyes only, not the public.

Your screenplay gets a PASS, CONSIDER, or RECOMMEND

Gives you an idea of how a screenplay reader at a studio or agency might react. Like your scores, this is only seen by you.

Your screenplay gets a Bechdel Test Score & a Diversity Score

The Bechdel Score is a rough measure of your screenplay’s female representation. The Diversity Score is how well your screenplay incorporates characters from a variety of life experiences.

Here is a sample of our script coverage

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(These are just a few of our hundreds of Happy Customers.)

Who uses Screenplay Readers script coverage service?

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Screenwriters and producers preparing to send their screenplays to agents, managers, name talent, and producers

Major producers who ask us to read screenplays to find out if they’re worth pursuing

Agents and managers whose stack of scripts slated for their “weekend read” gets a bit too high

Screenwriters groups and screenwriting festivals who trust us to judge their submissions and finalists

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The Benefits of Script Coverage from Screenplay Readers

✅ Lets you see how a “gatekeeper” would react to your script

You typically get one chance with agents and producers. Script coverage from Screenplay Readers acts as a “dry run” to gauge how real film industry professionals may react to your screenplay.

✅ Lets you catch any problems

Our story analysts spot story holes, character glitches, presentation problems, and much, much more, so you can fix them before you send your screenplay out into the world.

✅ Gives you fresh ideas and suggestions

Our story analysts don’t just point out flaws, they offer creative and constructive suggestions to fix them.

✅ Gets you out of your head

Being too close to your own script often prevents creative screenwriters from being objective and critical of their own work.

✅ Makes you a better screenwriter

Critical feedback on your screenplay may be hard for a screenwriter to hear, but it’s by far the fastest, most powerful way get better at writing sellable movies and series.

Why choose Screenplay Readers script coverage service?

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Our script coverage service gives you specific easy-to-follow tweaks that will improve your script. Other services provide vague screenwriting advice and self-help hooey.

We actually show you who’s reading your screenplay (our names, bios, and pics here). Other script coverage services don’t.

We keep it simple, as we have for nearly three decades. We give you feedback on your script. That’s it. Other services sell you promises of “Hollywood access” and offer to “map your career journey” and other poppycock.

We pay our script readers the highest rates in the industry. Because their skills and experience far exceed those of the interns and newbies working for other services. (No offense, interns and newbies.)

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We don’t feed your screenplay into an A.I. like many script coverage services do now. It’s humans first and humans only here at Screenplay Readers. (And death to our robot overlords!)

We keep your screenplay, your ideas, and your order data 100% private and secure. (Can I get a 256-bit AES-encrypted amen?)

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Some script coverage myths we regularly debunk:

MYTH: “Script coverage is required to get your screenplay sold”

Nope! The only thing you need to get your screenplay sold is a good screenplay. (And maybe a little luck.)
(And an uncle at the studio. Kidding/not kidding.)

MYTH: “Script coverage is the only way to improve your screenplay”

Nope! Fellow writers, writers groups, meetups, forums are all great and they’re mostly free. So go get as much free feedback as possible before paying for script coverage service, even ours! No worries, we’ll still be here if you ever need some fresh professional feedback.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When I send in my screenplay for coverage, will my material and ideas be safe?

Yes! 100%. An Editor opens it to make sure it’s not a billion pages long and then it’s assigned to your reader(s).

If my script receives a “RECOMMEND” will you pass it on to your “film industry contacts?”

Ick. No. And be wary of any service that promises this.

Do you have different rates for reading tv scripts, half-hour scripts, 90-minute tv shows, sitcoms, pilots, treatments, verticals, blah blah blah blah?

Nope. Our rates are just based on page count.

What if I disagree with the script coverage I receive?

If you’re not up for feedback you may disagree with, probably don’t use our service but we love you anyway.

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