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Let's talk about Readers

by Mindi White

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Do you think you know who's reading your script? I'm guessing that you're wrong.

Story analysts, also known as readers, are the gatekeepers at production companies and agencies. They hold the key to the kingdom known as "being considered by an executive or agent." They are maligned and misunderstood, mostly because they are the absolute gatekeepers that make or break a writer's entrée into the company for which they read.

What do they do, and what do they not do? Veteran Story Analyst Mindi White explains.

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