The Screenwriter App Screenplay Test
You've finished the test! Here's how you scored:
Your script is 71% good.
Before you submit it to any readers, take some time to review the report below and amend your script accordingly. Then retake the test...
Your screenplay report
I've read my script backwards, as well as forwards.This is a great way to weed out plot inconsistencies. By starting with the last scene and then working backwards, your linear story-telling functions are befuddled, and quite often mistakes in plotting jump out at you.
I used a professional screenwriting tool, such as the Screenwriter app, Final Draft, Celtx or Movie Magic Screenwriter, to format my script
What?! Download the Screenwriter app right now! It's a fraction of the cost of the big screenwriting packages and will format your script professionally. There should be no reason to use a standard word processor.
My script has the words 'CUT TO:' at the end of every scene.
Putting CUT TO: at the end of the scene is redundant. It's the end of the scene, of course you are going to cut to something else. All you've done is add an extra page to your screenplay of useless information. Get rid of them!
I have read all of my dialogue out loud to see if it sounds OK and is easy to say.
This should be a standard part of your screenwriting development. Read your dialogue out loud or, even better, have someone read it out to you. They will have no preconceived ideas of how you intended it to be written. What sounds great in your head often sounds terrible when spoken.
As Harrison Ford once quipped at George Lucas across the studio, “George! You can type this shit, but you sure can't say it. Move your mouth when you're typing.”