THE 13 MOST COMMON MISTAKES FOUND ON A SCRIPT

Writing a script is not easy and impresses the reader even less. Add to that a professional script analyst who has read thousands of scripts throughout his or her career, and you can identify a bad script in the good cart in record time.

What a screenwriter should remember is that the analyst is not trying to destroy or criticise his work, but move the project forward, with constructive criticism and useful comments.

There are a series of mistakes, which screenwriters make again and again when writing their first script. While these mistakes are avoidable, it’s hard to prevent them while you are writing. Therefore, we’ve talked to our curation team to make a list of the 13 most common mistakes in the writing (the ones that throw your script into the bin):

1. Format DOES matter

Sometimes, the screenwriter decides that the format is not meaningful because the content of his/her script is brilliant. We don’t deny that it can be true, but it’s a beginner’s mistake to ignore the format. The fact that you’re making the reading more difficult by adding a distraction, harms the reader’s motivation. In addition, the statement that comes across to the analyst or the producer is that you’re not professional. I’d say it’s more harmful than orthographic errors or typos. This goes without…