Questionnaire for Your First Reader

by Screenwriter Simon J. Michael


It's tempting to think you're capable of catching all your errors but no one is perfect. That's why you may want to consider getting someone you know to read your script.

You can hire a professional script reader to review it and give you notes. But most charge over $200 for it. I offer this review service for $85, or you can ask a friend to do it for free (well maybe you'll have to take them out to dinner).

To make it easy for your friend to give you the feedback you need to edit your script by giving them a list of questions to answer as they read your script.

Your friend not knowing anything about screenwriting is the perfect reader because he'll just tell you want he sees not what you want him to see. No matter how meticulous you have been you may have missed something that is clogging up the clarity of your script and because you're so close to it you may have missed it entirely. But someone who knows nothing about your script goes into it with fresh eyes. All they see is what is on the page - not anything you have in your mind which you forgot to put into the script. So if anything important is missing your friend will point it out to you by telling you which parts were not immediately clear to him on first reading.

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Last Updated on: September 22, 2009