Contains strong language - from the start.

Screenwriter Josh Olson wrote a piece for the Village Voice about why he no longer reads manuscripts from new writers who he doesn't know. (Warning: contains strong language.) We, on the other hand, will. About one in twenty of the scripts we receive will get taken away for a full read, an...

Piers Beckley

BBC Writersroom
Published: 14 September 2009

Screenwriter Josh Olson wrote a piece for the Village Voice about why he no longer reads manuscripts from new writers who he doesn't know. (Warning: contains strong language.)

We, on the other hand, will.

About one in twenty of the scripts we receive will get taken away for a full read, and if your script reaches this stage then we'll give you a page of feedback on it.

But we guarantee to read the first ten pages of every single script we get sent.

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