Here at BBC Writersroom, we are frequently asked about our reading team – who they are, what they do and how they assess the many thousands of scripts that come into the BBC every year. Here at BBC ...

In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing. Giving helpful notes with observations on the merits of the ...

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 ...

Morris Chapdelaine always has a daunting stack of scripts on his desk. As an indie producer, he reads about three a week and farms out the rest to interns and film students, who send back detailed ...

I worked as a script reader (back when human beings were still doing that kind of thing) and I never DNF'd a script. But there were times I wanted to, simply because the writing and/or story wasn't ...

There are a plethora of reasons why anyone’s script is rejected by the powers that be. Some reasons are big and some are small, but screenwriters need to know and study all possible factors that could ...

Exclusive: A new study tries to answer what Hollywood's anonymous gatekeepers think makes a great screenplay. Studios, producers and agencies receive countless spec scripts – original feature length ...