Breaking into Script Reading on Zoom with Lucy V Hay aka @Bang2Write
‘Earning money reading, improving your writing through experience and expanding your powerful contacts are all benefits of professional script reading’
Lucy V Hay
Join us for this intensive two-day online workshop that breaks down
the art and craft of reading scripts to help improve your own writing,
to also improve your feedback for other writers and most
importantly, to earn you money as a professional reader.
Delivered online. Get access to ALL recordings and sessions for ONE YEAR after the event.
When: Sat 10 July to Sun 11 July 2027
Where: Online
Tickets: £139.00
What happens over the two days?
Learn how to produce industry standard analysis for agents, producers, production companies and broadcasters – all of whom have mountainous ‘read’ piles. The ability to distinguish a ‘Pass’ from a ‘Consider’, or even a ‘Recommend’ will make you a valuable asset to the biggest and most prolific production companies. Key elements covered include:
WHO uses script readers
WHAT the key components of a script report are
WHERE to source those elusive script reading jobs (even ones not advertised)
WHEN to walk away and avoid conflict with writers
WHY reading as a job can improve your writing AND most importantly, your understanding of the business.
BREAKING INTO SCRIPT READING is tailored for those who want to gain understanding of how the marketplace works, as well as how to analyse screenplays professionally.
What is included?
Writing a fully professional report
How to negotiate pay for your work and where to find it
Techniques for constructive criticism and avoiding conflict
What constitutes “marketability”
Identifying strong concepts
Why context matters: how sample scripts and sold scripts differ
Tips for helping writers improve their craft
Understanding how logistics affect filmmaking
How to write positive script reports that get results for writers and execs and gets you re-hired for the next job
Why become Script Reader?
You can work freelance, on your own terms, wherever you like and fit it around your existing commitments
It’s challenging, interesting work in an industry that never stays still, keeping you on your toes!
You can make money AND work in the film, TV or literary industry, no more day job to distract you
It’s a great way to make useful and powerful contacts
There is professional development: script readers often move into script editing and some become development executives, literary agents, producers and filmmakers
Reading other people’s scripts is a sure fire way to improve the quality of your own work. Get paid to do it.
In other words: script reading is a PERFECT job for the creatively minded!
The Last Script Reading with Lucy V Hay… from 100 delegates…
99% would recommend to a friend
99% agreed the course was value for money
Delegates gave an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5
Sign up now and get immediate access…
…to this killer session from the last Script reading Masterclass, with two working script readers. Hear from those at the coal face just how it works. This 40 minute video session will be mailed to you when you sign up. In this session with Lucy were Zina Wegrzynski (Script and Development Editor, Kindle Entertainment) and Sabina Smitham (Freelance reader and development exec).
My Pledge To You
If your screenwriting is not taken to a whole new level during the workshop, I will give you a full refund on the spot. Remember, as an organization, we are in the trenches right beside you. We have made films, we are making films and we connect with hundreds of experienced filmmakers through the London Screenwriters’ Festival.
Meet Lucy
Lucy V Hay aka ‘Bang2write’ is a novelist, script editor, screenwriter and blogger who helps writers. She is one of the organisers of London Screenwriters’ Festival and is associate producer of the Brit Thriller Deviation, starring Danny Dyer and Anna Walton.
Lucy has read for indie prodcos, screen agencies, investment initiatives and directors, producers, writers and filmmakers far and wide. Her debut novel, But What Next? has just been bought by Rowohlt Publishers, Germany.
Read her essential screenwriting blog at www.Bang2write.com
Follow her on Twitter at @bang2write
