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Who are they? Germaine de Pibrac James

What do they do? Professional writer of big screen, small screen, no screen and screen and screen again. Reflections, resources and insights on screenwriting, writing business.

What goes on when you get covered-inside information on the reader and coverage-what we see and what we say about you.

Example post: Cover me, Baby- What Screenplay Coverage Is and What It Isn't

You see a lot of stuff floating around the web about coverage for screenplays. Its used by a lot of people now for just about anything to do with analyzing a screenplay. But coverage is really a very specific type of animal.

It’s not coverage if:

It includes notes-not comments-notes. There’s a difference.

It IS notes- suggestions/questions/specifics for a rewrite.

It’s part of a script doctoring package or script analysis.

It’s actually a script edit- either for grammar/spelling or sometimes what’s called a script edit is actually rewriting or doctoring.

What it is:

It’s a tool that studios, prodcos etc. use to deal with the tsunami of screenplays that come their way.

It’s got some standard elements:

A table with title, writer, length, genre, etc.

A logline.

A short paragraph with overall impressions

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