ASK MARK: How to tell you're reading a bad script.
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Adam Zwar: Dear Mark, what are the top five indicators you’re reading a bad script? Mark O’Toole: Great question Adam! The hardest thing about this one was keeping it to five, so I didn’t. 1. It reads like whoever wrote it hasn’t actually read it. Trust me, this happens. You get asked to read something that is so full of spelling mistakes, formatting errors and weird inconsistencies that you know the writer couldn’t possibly have read it. If you can't be bothered reading it yourself or asking a friend, relative, or someone in your employ to read it, don’t ask me to. Bin.
ASK MARK: How to tell you're reading a bad script.
ASK MARK: How to tell you're reading a bad…
ASK MARK: How to tell you're reading a bad script.
Adam Zwar: Dear Mark, what are the top five indicators you’re reading a bad script? Mark O’Toole: Great question Adam! The hardest thing about this one was keeping it to five, so I didn’t. 1. It reads like whoever wrote it hasn’t actually read it. Trust me, this happens. You get asked to read something that is so full of spelling mistakes, formatting errors and weird inconsistencies that you know the writer couldn’t possibly have read it. If you can't be bothered reading it yourself or asking a friend, relative, or someone in your employ to read it, don’t ask me to. Bin.