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In addition to production entities and screenwriting competitions, a number of independent services employ a roster of veteran script analysts to provide professional-level coverage for screenwriters who wish to see how their scripts will be received by the industry. This gives the writers a chance to identify and resolve problems before submitting them to production entities.

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==Issues in coverage==

=== Economy of the script ===

By the very nature of summarizing a complicated plot, the coverage will not include every plot twist and subplot. Some characters will be omitted, or briefly introduced for the sake of brevity. In order to decide on what will stay and what will go, the character and actions must support the main plot, and ultimately the premise of the story. Scripts which are not economical, and include peripheral characters, scenes, and storylines that do not support character or plot development do not affect their motivation, and therefore can be omitted from the coverage. In this manner, well-written scripts may have longer synopsises than poorly-written scripts which have lots of extraneous action.

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On the writer's side, a thorough knowledge of the business of production and script coverage mechanisms, may yield a screenplay that has been tailored for acceptance rather than fresh ideas.

The above controversy assumes that production companies and script readers are seeking fresh ideas, which is commonly not the case. ''Script coverage'' makes reading easier, and is popularly a business venture. On the other hand, the aforementioned conclusion about tailor-made screenplays have been seen as [[reactionary]] because formulaic scripts are not the fault of the film industry, but of screenwriters who are looking towards formula for acceptance by production elements, instead of fresh ideas and creative writing.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}

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==External links==

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* [http://www.myscriptneedshelp.com My Script Needs Help! A resource for those in need of script coverage & analysis]

*[http://scriptflea.com Scriptflea.com a resource for those who need script coverage a assistance selling their script to Hollywood.]

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