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Thoughts from an Open Call reader
As the results from our latest Open Call opportunity are about to go out we asked one of the newest members of the reading team for their thoughts on the process.
Our Open Call - An Update from a Reader
We recently sent out the decisions from our latest Open Call opportunity. Everyone who entered a script should now have heard back. We spoke to one of the newest members of our freelance Script Reading team to get their impressions on the process.
Script Room - An update from a reader
We received a record 5167 submissions to our latest annual Script Room window for Drama and Comedy Drama. Our Reading Team have been working as fast as they can, but while you wait for the results we asked one of the newest members for an update on the experience so far.
Four practical tips to help your script reach its full potential
As our script readers reach the end of the scripts sent into our latest Comedy Room script window we asked a member of the team to share some top tips.
An Update from the Drama Script Room Reading Team
Find out the latest from the reading team who are busy with the 3634 scripts we received in our latest open submission window for drama scripts.
Coping with Rejection
As we send out the results from our latest open submission Comedy Script Room we asked our Script Reading team (many of whom are writers themselves) for some advice on dealing with rejection, which is an unavoidable part of being a working writer.
Writing a Good Comedy Character - Mind the Reality Gap
While we're in the midst of reading the lastest Comedy script submissions it seemed like a good time to ask one of the script-reading team to share some pointers on creating memorable comedy characters.
Story v Character v Dialogue - an update from our Drama Script Room Readers
Our team of freelance readers has been beavering away on the second sift of scripts entered into our latest Drama Script Room window. It's not an easy task and sometimes the debate can get quite heated, as one of the team explains...
An update from our Script Readers
Our team of script readers have been busy reading the 3845 scripts that were submitted in our last window for Drama script submissions. We asked the newest recruit to the team to give an update on progress so far.
An update from the Comedy Script Room readers
As the readers begin the full-script read stage of our latest open submission window for Comedy scripts they give an update and pass on some advice.
Drama Script Room: Feedback from the Readers
In our latest open submission Script Room for Drama which closed in January we received nearly 4000 scripts. Our team of readers offer up some advice and feedback for those writers who were unsuccessful this time or anyone thinking of submitting a script next time.
