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Not a chatbot summary. A polished, downloadable report formatted like coverage from a paid reader at an agency or studio — with quoted lines, page numbers, and a prioritized list of exactly what to fix.
- Readiness Score — one number, plainly explained
- Story Snapshot — title, format, genre, comps, logline
- Submission Readiness — 9-point rubric, scored 1–10
- Formatting Check — industry conventions flagged
- What's Working / What Needs Work
- Market Positioning — who buys this, what shelf
- Submission Verdict — plus the exact next move
- Your Rewrite Plan — every fix in priority order
- Coverage Simulator — four gatekeepers, four verdicts
- Comps & Logline Lab — real comps, three query angles
- Draft tracking — see what each rewrite moved
- Fix tracker — tick off each fix, get the next draft graded on it (Pro)
Plus the Submission Kit — query letter, synopsis and pitches — free on Pro and Pro+.
Sample report — excerpt
Written in-house. Never customer work.The Last Light at Cedar Bend
The bones are unusually strong: a singular protagonist, a tactile world, and at least one sequence (the Hayes scene) that would survive into any final cut. The script is held back by two specific, fixable issues — a saggy midpoint and a rushed third-act reveal — neither of which requires rewriting the foundation. The character work, sense of place, and formatting craft all signal a writer ready for representation. With the priority fixes below addressed in a focused revision pass (estimated 2–4 weeks of work for a writer at this level), this script is ready for a manager-level read and a first wave of festival lab submissions.
What's working
- The protagonist's voice. Margaret reads as a fully-formed person from page one — her clipped speech, her competence with her hands, her refusal to perform grief. The line 'I didn't come back to feel anything, Reverend. I came back to sign things' (p. 74) is the kind of dialogue that gets a script read past page 30.
What needs work
- Midpoint sag (pp. 52–68). The 1981 flashbacks begin repeating the same emotional note — the unspoken accusation between Margaret and Eli — three times in sixteen pages without escalating the information the audience receives. Either compress these into one decisive sequence, or load the third flashback with a new piece of information (a witness, a letter, a moment of physical violence) that recontextualizes the first two.
- The brother's reveal on p. 94. The script earns this moment for ninety pages and then dispatches it in under a page of dialogue between Margaret and the sheriff. The audience needs space to absorb it — consider a wordless beat before Margaret responds, a physical action that mirrors the cold open's truck-packing gesture, or a delayed cut to her face that holds for an uncomfortable length. As written, the third act's biggest emotional payoff lands flatter than the Hayes scene that precedes it.
- Supporting cast is thin. Mae, Jess, and Cousin Pete each appear in two scenes and then vanish. Mae's exit on p. 38 is particularly costly — she's set up as the only person who remembers the 1981 incident from the outside, and then she's gone. Either commit to one of them as a recurring presence with a third-act payoff, or fold their functions into a single composite character (likely Mae) to deepen the relationship.
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Try the free readiness score first — no signup required. Pay only when you want the full report.
A system for getting this script ready.
5 full coverage reports a month
- 5 full coverage reports a month
- Fix tracker — check off each rewrite-plan fix and we grade your next draft on it
- Unlimited free rescores of scripts you've already run — they never touch your monthly count
- Score arc: draft-over-draft tracking so you can watch the number climb
- Submission Kit free on every report — query letter, synopsis & buyer pitches ($9.99 each otherwise)
- Extra reports from $8.99 instead of $17.99
- All formats — script, pilot, novel, query
- Cancel anytime, right from your account · 30-day money-back guarantee
One screen: card details only. Your account is created automatically the moment payment clears — you pick a password after, not before.
Need more reports? Subscribers can top up anytime from the account dashboard. Extra credits roll over month to month.
Questions, briefly answered
- Do I need an account to try it?
- No account or card required. Just drop in your email so we can save your score to this browser, then get your readiness score in under two minutes.
- What does the free score show?
- Your overall readiness score, your verdict category, the top two strengths in your draft, and the top two gaps. The full breakdown — page-by-page notes, formatting issues, market positioning, and the revision checklist — unlocks when you subscribe. Subscribers also unlock Script History, so every rewrite is grouped under the same project and you can watch your score climb draft over draft.
- Can I track my script across rewrites?
- Yes — this is the core of FirstPass. Every draft you submit is auto-grouped under a project by title, so you get a running Script History with a score sparkline, a version-by-version list, and a "What changed since your last draft" breakdown on each new report. One-time buyers see their history; subscribers unlock the full trajectory view and unlimited resubmissions to keep the trend line going.
- How does signup work?
- When you create an account, you'll pick a plan — a one-time $17.99 report (or a 3-pack bundle for $23.99), or a Pro/Pro+ subscription — then go straight to checkout for that plan. Once payment clears you land in your account, signed in, ready to submit.
- What if I need more than 5 reports in a month?
- Subscribers can top up from the account dashboard at any time — 1 extra report for just $8.99 (vs $17.99 for non-subscribers), 5 for $34.99, or 10 for $59.99. Extra credits never expire and roll over each month. Heavier users can also pick the 10-reports-per-month plan at checkout.
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- Screenplays, TV pilots, treatments, novel manuscripts and samples, children's book manuscripts, query letters, and book proposals. Upload PDF, .txt, .md, or Fountain files, or paste text directly.
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- Yes, cancel anytime from your account page. You keep access through the end of your billing period. We also offer a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Is this a replacement for a human reader?
- No. FirstPass is the read you get before the paid one — a fast, structured pre-read so you don't burn a paid coverage slot or an agent's first impression on a draft that isn't ready.
- How fast is it?
- Your free readiness score comes back in under two minutes. Full coverage reports take about two minutes — we run a deep multi-pass read of your entire draft rather than skimming a sample.
- Will you use my script to train AI?
- No. Your submission is processed to produce your report and stored only in your private account history. We do not use it for training, distribution, or any other purpose.