What is screenwriting coverage?

Answer 1

Screenwriting coverage is the process of breaking down a screenplay into it's parts by a professional "reader" or "coverage analyst", and analyzing those parts with the intention of qualifying it for a sale or production. A screenwriter can have his or her screenplay covered for personal use before trying to sell the screenplay, or the screenplay can be covered by an industry "reader" who qualifies the screenplay before recommending it to a producer or production company.

For example, some of the aspects coverage may look at are things like concept/originality, structure, plot, characters...

Usually, quality is assessed by the total of values such as the percentage of "good" as opposed to "fair" and "poor." Also, general notes are given to the screenwriter.

So, in layman's terms. Screenwriting coverage is an assessment of a screenplay as to whether it is good enough to get sold or produced.

Chike Camara

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