I read the series when it first came out. It is a must-read for any screenwriter. The reality is, your script is not going to be treated like a precious and fragile new-born baby. It is going to get treated like a piece of vermin unless it is clearly outstanding right from the start.

Thank you, Scott, for posting it, and D.C. Mar, for writing it.

Mr. Scott Myers, thanks for posting these articles and the links, they are really helpful!

Excellent insight into the process a reader uses. It definitely takes a whole lot of the mystery out of it. It would've been interesting to hear an estimate of PASS, CONSIDER & RECOMMEND. I'd suspect that the Recommend is about 1% or maybe less and that Consider is somewhere less than 10%, leaving more than 90% with the dreaded PASS.

@itstartedwithawindmill: I suspect your stats are just about right. Very rare for a reader to Recommend, if only because if the script gets knocked by higher-ups, the reader's judgment comes into question. The best a script can generally hope for is a strong consider - that is Consider with strong supportive comments.

Cool!