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Confessions From A Former Hollywood Script Reader - Justin Trevor Winters

A former professional script reader reveals the real, unglamorous criteria that determine a pass or a recommend. Sobering, useful viewing before you submit to a competition or a manager.

Film Courage · 20 min · Intermediate · SCR · Screenwriting · 2013

What you take away

Readers form their pass/recommend opinion far earlier than writers assume — the first pages carry outsized weight.

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Oscar winners for screenplay

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The Screenwriter’s Workbook — Syd Field
The Coffee Break Screenwriter — Pilar Alessandra
Tales from the Script — Peter Hanson, Paul Robert Herman
The Screenwriter’s Bible — David Trottier
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters — Karl Iglesias
Screenwriting Tips, You Hack — Xander Bennett

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