Improve your script before you send it out
The original and best script coverage service in the film industry
Since 1999 (over 26 years) we’ve helped tighten up over 40,000 screenplays for screenwriters, studios, and producers with our script coverage (basically a book report/critique of your screenplay)
What you get when you order our script coverage service:
An experienced professional script reader who reads your script
Our script readers are screenwriters, authors, and script development experts with at least 10 years experience who actually care about helping you make your script be the best it can be.
Script Notes
Several pages of detailed, honest critique on what’s working about your screenplay, and what’s not. Plus, we recommend to you specific things to tweak so you can make it more appealing to agents, producers, and name talent.
Follow-up Questions with your reader(s)
Feel free to ask your script readers questions about their notes after you receive your script coverage.
Logline
Your screenplay summed up in one or two sentences. Great to have when pitching your script.
Screenplay Score
A score assigned to 22 key screenwriting categories, such as character, dialogue, plot, theme, and more. Awesome for tracking your progress across drafts.
Screenplay Synopsis
Your screenplay boiled down to about a page or so, allowing you to see the major beats of your story from a script reader’s point of view.
Script Recommendation
PASS, CONSIDER, or RECOMMEND. These give you an idea of how a screenplay reader at a studio or agency might react. This, like the rest of your screenplay coverage, is only seen by you.
Bechdel Test Score and Diversity Score
The Bechdel Score is a gauge of your screenplay’s female representation. The Diversity Score is how well your screenplay incorporates characters from different backgrounds and perspectives.
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Why choose Screenplay Readers for script coverage service?
Our script coverage service gives you specific actions for you to take on your next draft. Other script coverage services just give you general screenwriting advice and motivational hot air.
We tell you who’s reading your screenplay (names, bios, and pics here), unlike nearly all other script coverage services, where the script readers are anonymous college students, movie bloggers, and interns.
We keep it simple, as we have for three decades. We don’t do contests or webinars or promise “access to Hollywood” or all that other b.s. other companies do.
We pay our script readers the highest rate in the industry, unlike our friendly imitators who pay their intern readers pennies or nothing at all. (We know because many of them apply to work here)
We don’t use AI for anything, unlike LOTS of other script coverage services now.
We keep your screenplay and your data 100% private and secure, unlike nearly all other services.
Who uses Screenplay Readers for script coverage?
Major producers and agents who need to know if the screenplays sent to them are worth developing or packaging
Screenwriters and producers about to send their scripts to agents, name talent, or producers, or who need quick, constructive feedback before pitching at major studios and streamers
Writers groups and screenwriting festivals who trust our script readers to judge their submissions and provide great notes and feedback
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