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What is Script Coverage?
By Kelsey Opel
You may have heard the phrase before, but — what is script coverage?
Maybe you just wrote your first draft. Or you think you finished your script, but you don’t know what else it needs. What’s next? Do you submit it to contests? Seek representation or producers to get it produced?
Before pursuing any of these goals, the next step should be getting notes. And the best place to start is to find script coverage services.
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