The Read

Notes you can actually use from a working writer.

I'm Matt MacLennan, a TV writer and story editor. I'll tell you what's working in your script, what the problems are, and how you can fix them.

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The first page of my notes on the Point Break shooting script
Sample: Point Break (1991)Read it →

Credits

129episodes of television
16series
2AAA video games, including Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Written for, in the US

Shows

Motive ● Rookie Blue ● Slasher ● The Listener ● Call Me Fitz ● Moonshine ● Republic of Doyle ● Whistler ● Wild Roses ● Played ● Degrassi ● Life with Derek ● Billable Hours ●15/Love ● Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Drama, comedy, horror and kids' TV, and executive story editor on The Listener, Whistler and Wild Roses. Series I've written for have won Canadian Screen Awards.

Story editing is the job of making other writers' scripts better. That's what these notes are.

Full credits on IMDb →

What you get

One document, written for your script.

  1. What you've done well.So you know what to protect in the rewrite.
  2. The core note.The one problem to start on, and why.
  3. Notes, page by page.Each one tied to the page it's about.
  4. Ways you could go.Options, not orders. It's your story.
  5. Follow-up.One round of questions, answered.
A page of my notes: what's working, each note anchored to its page
A page from the sample. Read all 35 →

The deal

From $250, paid up front.

Full refund if you change your mind before I start. Your script stays private, and I delete it once your notes and follow-up are done.

What I don't do

  • Scores, grades, or pass and consider
  • Line edits or proofreading
  • A summary of your own story
  • Rewrite your premise into a different one
  • Promise representation. Nobody can sell you that.

Thanks for the read.

Tell me what the script is, which draft, and what you want looked at.

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