7 Checkpoints to Cover Your Own Screenplay (Be honest!)

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Congratulations! You’ve finished your latest script. Weeks, months, even years scribbling away in a notebook and banging away on a keyboard have paid off. So what’s next?

Script coverage is a necessary and key element in the marketing process, but when searching for coverage, the volume of options available can overwhelm writers. Many services deliver a wide range of prices, capable of getting that script polished and ready for Hollywood. As well, several contests provide coverage as an added value, offering to help improve a writer’s chances of placing higher, or even winning.

Before you get your credit card out, there is a crucial step writers often overlook and that is covering their own script first.

Being objective is difficult, but necessary before taking your intellectual property to the marketplace. Proofreading, technical and content editing and polishing are integral final steps, but scriptwriters rarely prepare their own coverage report.

My suggestion? Do exactly that! Make a table of elements…