Tell me more ×  Script readers-- the people who sift and sort
the vast piles of scripts submitted to Hollywood -- do they
start at the beginning?  The reason I ask is that I know 99% of
scripts are awful and just get thrown out after a couple
pages....but if that's true, do they even bother starting at the
beginning, or do they just flip to the middle for a sample of
the writing?  share|improve this question Why should they do
that? If the beginning is crap, then there is no hope for the
middle part. If you are not hooked at the beginning, no-one will
read/watch till the middle. –  John Smithers Feb 7 at 10:13
@JohnSmithers: If it's a movie, you won't walk out after first
ten minutes. If the action picks up after the initial exposure,
and makes up for the lost time before the end, you will walk out
satisfied and recommend the movie to others despite the downer
beginning. It's quite frequent that the movie really picks up
the pace after halfway through, so it would stand to reason if
you want to sift through a