What to Do With Script Notes: A Framework for Your Next Draft
Notes arrive as a flat list, which quietly suggests every problem is equal and independent. Neither is true. Here is the order that stops you doing the same work twice.
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Sort your feedback. Find suitable competitions. Plan your next submission.
Choose your next step.
Five useful tools, ready when you are.
REWRITE
What should I fix first?
Choose the notes you have received and see which rewrite passes come first.
Sort your notesSorts the feedback you already haveMATCH
Contest Fit-Finder
Set your format, genre, budget, career stage and region to explore a curated shortlist.
Find your fitCurated dataset: June 2026DECIDE
Should you enter?
Work through a short decision tree before you spend on a competition entry.
Get a straight answerA decision to suit your situationPLAN
Deadline calendar
See upcoming published deadlines by month, then open the competition details.
See what closes soonDirectory dataBUDGET
The cost of entry
Compare published entry fees and how they can change at later deadlines.
See the real numbersDirectory data, in each original currencyNeed the full competition details?
Compare the competitions we track, with their rules, dates and source links.
Bring the next step into your workspace.
Keep your screenplay, feedback and rewrite work together in The PreList.
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