First Five Pages Critique

Writing a screenplay is not rocket science. It is far more complex than mathematics or physics. It is emotions on paper.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to how good are you at writing stories in a screenplay format?

Steven Spielberg once said, “I buy a screenplay on its first five pages and the audience buys the film because of the last five pages”.

A screenwriter has control over the impact the script opening has on a producer, financier or professional reader and even how the director interprets the words onto the screen by the quality of the writing.

Remember what Steven Spielberg said, “I buy a screenplay on its first five pages”!

So how good is the opening of your screenplay?

Does it grab the reader?

Does it hold their attention and make them want to know more?

Is the presentation and formatting up to industry standards?

Producers and professional readers often skim a first read and make a decision to read more avidly based on the opening stance of a screenplay.

In those few pages they can judge the standard of writing, the conformity to the industry’s expectations and the likelihood that the script is worth reading.

That is how important the First Five Pages are, to them, and to you.

Having critiqued hundreds of screenplays, I’ve helped many writers look at their work from a more commercial approach, I can verify the importance of the First Five Pages.

Not only from a producers point of view, but also from the practicality of improving the chances of your work being read.

Have the opening five pages of your screenplay critiqued for:-

“Five Bucks a Page”.

Yes, for just $25.00 you can know if the opening of your screenplay grabs, holds and draws the reader.

It could mean the difference between writing ninety or more pages that will never be read or five pages that will get the following pages looked at seriously.