Every entry does receive feedback, but it is not a coverage report or detailed analysis. The feedback form gives you a quick taste of what the reader thought of your script, but it is not the detailed analysis you get with coverage from Coverage Ink. Your script is rated in the following areas:
- Structure
- Dialogue
- Style/Voice
- Premise
- Originality
- Commerciality
- Major Characters
- Minor Characters
- Stakes
- Execution
- Believability
- Structure
- Pacing
- Title
- First Ten
In addition, we give everyone a paragraph in which the reader comments directly on what worked and what didn’t, and offers recommendations. Finally, every script receives a rating for both script and writer:
- Pass
- Consider With Reservations
- Consider
- Strong Consider
- Recommend
Scrteenplays that receive a 'Consider With Reservations' or better for SCRIPT only (not for WRITER) are considered top 10% and advance to the quarterfinals. Bear in mind that the vast majority of screenplays are 'passes,' and 'Recommends' are insanely rare. A 'pass' does not mean that you stink or the reader hated your script. More often than not, it's just not quite over the finish line yet, and a little TLC will get it there.
You can find a sample of the feedback form on our rules page RIGHT HERE.
Feedback will be sent approximately 6 weeks after the conclusion of the contest either via e-mail (if you submitted online) or via US Mail (if you submitted a hard copy.)
If you desire faster or more in-depth analysis, you can submit your script to Coverage, Ink by clicking HERE. You'll have your in-depth analysis in 10 days (less if you select a rush option) and by doing so have a chance to polish the script and then resubmit to Writers on the Storm before the contest end date (7/31/11) -- thus giving you a second (or third or fourth) chance.
