The Less is more diet...
If your script is sagging in the middle or in danger of losing focus, it might just be that in between giving birth to your idea and feeding it, it has been either overfed in the middle or put on a starvation diet and therefore lost its shape... as in life...
If Subway can call their staff 'sandwich artists', then it seems to me that the boring old title of script-reader (which does their skill no justice in the name), needs to carry a title that reflects what they actually do... I prefer to call them Script Nutritionalists as opposed to plain old script-reader, as it denotes that more than a modicum of skill is required when executing their analysis. Having used the services of Lucy V to provide feedback reports for the Prequel and Sequel to Cannes film script competitions, I know from the feedback I receive from entrants, just how invaluable this guide map can be.
Short of going on a strict script diet when you try to restore the main spine of your story and being at risk from throwing out too much meat and not enough of the fat, you might need to recruit the help of said script nutritionalist...
If you are currently sagging in the middle or spewing out the guts of your story in the final five pages, you might like to consider recruiting the help of one of these excellent script nutritionalists:
They all vary in price and service, but if you have come to a standstill in the foodfest of words that is the writers' staple diet, then this may be the answer to all your narrative ills.
Happy dieting...
Ahh, great post. Some of them might be called "Script Personal Trainers and Life Coaches", too :-)
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