Apple just approved it. This is the moment. Here's what ScriptReader does: it performs your screenplay aloud to you. Your characters. Your dialogue. Your scenes. With distinct voices for every role. You stop reading your script and start hearing it — which means you catch what your eye skips right over. I built this for you. For us. And right now, the beta is open. First 50 people get to try it free. That's it. No waitlist after that. Here's all you do: Step 1 — Download TestFlight. It's Apple's free beta testing app (iOS only — Android coming later.). Takes 30 seconds. → https://apps.apple.com/us/app/testflight/id899247664 Step 2 — Once TestFlight is on your phone, tap this link to join the beta: → https://testflight.apple.com/join/BVXKtFRD You get 30 minutes free. Use every second. Then come back and tell me everything — good, bad, whatever you actually think. That's the deal if you're one of the 50 who downloads. That feedback shapes what this becomes. Also, these 3 questions are hugely important: 1. Did it work? Could you get your script in and hear it play back without hitting a wall? Yes or no — and if no, where did it break? 2. What surprised you? Good or bad. What did you learn about your script? 3. Would you pay for this? Based on what this cost me, I cannot give this away for free. So if yes, what's a fair monthly price? The link is live. The clock is running. Don't download unless you're committed to giving feedback. If you are, comment: 🔥 below. And let's get to work! Go. 🎬 Edit: there are def some spacing issues with how it differentiates between characters and action. They sometimes run together. This is something I’m addressing in the next build. This build is more about… does it work at all. And don’t forget to try the Forge Analysis and see how that reads.

Great work people. Another solid Coffee & Coaching in the books. @Lena Lieuvin brought an updated draft of The Power of Dogs — a short told entirely from a dog's POV, with auras that reveal what people are really feeling inside. The read was excellent, Chris and Anna knocked it out of the park, and the feedback was sharp. The room zeroed in on making the auras do more narrative work — not just visual texture, but actually showing us what Amos is hiding from himself, that only the dog can see. And the dog isn't putting up w his bullshit. Not like a cat, who'd be like... eh whatever man. That's the next draft, and I can't wait to see it. Godfrey brought 5 pages from a brand new epic fantasy — swords, kingdoms, dragons, a tyrant king who slices off ears before breakfast. Think Game of Thrones meets Lord of the Rings. Big world, big ambition. The room was fired up, and the conversation went deep into worldbuilding, action clarity, and how to orient your reader inside a massive story. Good stuff. What struck me most today was the participation and the quality of feedback across the board. Everybody was locked in. This is exactly what this community is supposed to be. See you next week. Hit up that Tuesday and Friday thread. And don't forget there's a Cowork session Saturday at 10 and Monday at 10 pacific time. Find those in the calendar and hop on board, standard or premier membership thru the end of the month.

I'm one of the keynote speakers at Allegory Live. I'm going to be taking the Wound, The Lie and The Small life that I teach in workshops here. If you'd like to attend, one of our members who put this together has made a couple of tickets available. HMU here or DM me if you'd like to come. First come first serve. Thx. D

Just got off phone w Apple. They asked if there was any reason they need to expedite the process of my app in the queue. I literally mentioned you people, waiting for it. And they actually said, okay, well in that case, we will expedite and get it out asap. So you people doing work even without know it! Hopefully we'll have the app out soon for testing and hearing your work. Meanwhile, I think that's the first time I've ever type the word "queue." How can that possibly be the correct spelling?! I call shenanigans!

Tubi Will Produce Your Horror Script. Submissions Open Now. Tubi and The Black List just launched a new initiative where the selected script doesn't just get optioned — it gets made. Tubi produces and distributes it. Any writer worldwide can submit a horror feature through June 30. Tubi is also offering 100 fee waivers covering one evaluation and one month of hosting. If horror is your genre, this is a direct path to a produced credit. Stop sleeping on it. Deadline Black List + WIF Episodic Lab Just Named Its 2026 Class Six writers were selected for the 10th annual Black List x Women in Film Episodic Lab — advisors include Julie Plec and Krista Vernoff. This isn't a contest where you win a plaque. It's an intensive where working showrunners learn your name. For writers of underrepresented genders looking at TV, this is the program to target for next year. Deadline Black List Writers Lab + Projects Lab: Submissions Open Both labs are accepting screenplays now — deadline is June 2, 2026. The Writers Lab is for feature writers. The Projects Lab is for writer-directors who want to own their material. These programs carry real industry weight. June feels far away. It isn't. The Black List Programs AFF Early Bird Closes March 27 — Nine Days Austin Film Festival is one of the few competitions where placing actually opens doors. Producers and managers attend. The writers conference is where relationships get made. Feature early bird is $60. If your script is ready, enter it this week. Austin Film Festival Sundance Named 11 Lab Fellows From 3,800 Submissions The 2026 Screenwriters Lab fellows were selected from over 3,800 submissions and worked with advisors including Barry Jenkins, Lulu Wang, and Michael Arndt. The Screenwriters Intensive — a separate online track for first-feature writers — ran earlier this month with 13 more writers. Worth knowing: Sundance's 2027 Development Track applications will open later this year. It's not too early to start prepping the project. Variety