Coverage Notes

Coverage notes are the analytical core of a coverage report: the reader's assessment of the script across craft dimensions — premise, structure, character, dialogue, pacing, marketability — that justifies the verdict. The synopsis proves the reader read it; the notes are what a writer can actually use.

Using notes well is a skill. The discipline: separate diagnosis from prescription. A reader saying "act two drags; consider a subplot for the sister" has given you one reliable diagnosis (act two drags — readers are rarely wrong about where they got bored) and one unreliable prescription (their subplot idea is a stranger's first guess). Take the diagnosis seriously; treat the prescription as optional. When multiple reads flag the same place, the problem is real even when every suggested fix differs.

The failure mode is note-chasing: rewriting to satisfy each note literally, draft after draft, until the script is a committee artifact with no spine. Strong writers convert notes into their own solutions that preserve the script's intent.

Our scorecard structures notes by scored dimension precisely to support this: you see where the weakness is and how far from ready it is, then close the gap your way — and resubmit for a second read.