The writernet Script Reading Service provides a quick and accessible source of feedback on scripts submitted by writers.
writernet regards script reading as a front line activity and a critical one in both the discovery of potential talent and its development. Script reports can also serve as a useful developmental tool in dissecting a piece and replaying it to a writer in such a way as to focus any need for development of craft, referring the writer to a local workshop or writers' group to provide a more focused and practical context in which to have work developed, as well as actively encouraging or discouraging the pursuit of future work.
- to provide speedy, constructive and objective feedback in the form of a written report on work in any dramatic form for writers at any stage of their careers.
- to provide specialised criticism on any aspect of the work if required to do so by the writer.
- to provide feedback from readers from any cultural or skills background as required by the writer (e.g. Afro-Caribbean, woman, disabled, etc.; radio, television, live art, etc.)
- to provide advice and help to the writer on where to go for further development and/or possible production of their work.
One of the main advantages of our service is that it is independent. It is not attached to a specific producer or company and therefore it can be used by writers on their own terms. Scripts can be submitted at any stage of their development.
Copies of reports on writers of promise are retained and added to the information made available to interested directors and producers....
writernet receives no core funding and so is unable to subsidise this service
fully waged £30, part waged £25, unwaged £20
Please enclose an s.a.e. when posting your script to writernet, Cabin V, Clarendon Buildings, 25 Horsell Road, Highbury, London N5 1XL.
Please note we do not accept scripts by e-mail.
"Many thanks for your astute analysis of my play. I think you've hit the nail on the head - everything you say strikes a note of truth with me. It's the best critique I've had of my writing - maybe there's a job for you at the National!? " Nick Discombe, writer
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