The way you lay out and submit your script does matter. Of course, no self-respecting reader is deliberately going to reject your work merely because it is not well laid out; but it is a fact of life that a clear, helpful, attractive script will generate a more receptive frame of mind. A script which is hard to read or understand, or which is messy and untidy, can easily irritate, and with the best will in the world, that irritation can come between the reader and appreciation of the text.

Also, it is a courtesy to the reader not to make his or her life any more difficult than it need be. So a well presented script gets the feel-good factor to work for you.

These notes aim to help you to present your script - for whatever medium - to the best advantage, not just for Yorkshire Playwrights, but for whatever destination you may have in mind for it.

Peter Johnson