Screenplay & Script Editing: Strengthen your screenwriting – Jericho Writers
Jericho Writers
167-169 Great Portland street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF
UK: +44 (0)330 043 0150
US: +1 (646) 974 9060
Perfect for script and screenwriters

SCREENPLAY AND SCRIPT COVERAGE SERVICES

£475
Give your script or screenplay the best chance of succeeding with detailed editorial feedback from a professional.
4 week turnaround

Our Screenplay & Script Assessments

Our experienced editors will read, digest, and absorb your script, then they’ll tell you how to improve it with a constructive, in-depth report. The report will contain advice on style, structure, pacing, plot, characterisation, marketability, and anything else your editor thinks you need to know. You’ll get detailed advice on how to address any problems raised and the opportunity to ask your editor follow-up questions.

If you’re not sure this service is for you, book a consultation with us to find out more about our editing services.

Could you be our next success story?

We’ve helped hundreds of writers like you get published. Many of our clients have gone on to win prizes, become bestsellers, get film deals, achieve huge global sales, and more. Now it’s your turn.

What’s included?

Here’s what you’ll receive from the editor who’s assessing your screenplay or script:

Actionable feedback on your script or screenplay

An expert editor will assess your work, providing feedback and advice on style, structure, pacing, characterisation, and more.

Advice on commercial potential

Your expert editor will assess the commercial viability of your work, ultimately empowering you with the knowledge you need to give your script or screenplay the best possible chance of success.

Support tackling next steps

The script & screenplay assessment will cover what you’re doing well and what needs addressing. Your editor will give you clear steps to follow to resolve problem areas, with examples.

Detailed editorial report

Editorial reports are usually around 3500 words but can range from 2500 to 4000 words depending on the length of the script or screenplay that is being assessed.

Discussion with your editor

After you receive your script & screenplay assessment, you’ll have the opportunity to clarify anything you’re unsure of with your editor via email before you begin polishing your work.

Need more support?

If you’d like to continue to work with your editor after you have received your editorial report, you can book one-on-one mentoring.

Why choose us?

There are lots of companies promising you the dream of getting your book published. We value ourselves on only ever selling you a service that we think will benefit you. Not sure if this one is right for you? Give us a call, we’d love to hear from you. If we don’t think this service is right for you, we’ll tell you – honestly. This is one of the many values we hold that have helped us run Jericho Writers successfully for over 20 years.

GET FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE YOUR WORK IN 4 WEEKS

Improve your script or screenplay with expert feedback

£475

SCREENPLAY AND SCRIPT ASSESSMENT

Get a detailed report on your screenplay or script
Receive actionable feedback that will elevate your work
Discuss your report with your editor over email
Receive your report in four weeks
Please note, during busy periods turnaround times may be extended
Premium Members enjoy a 10% discount

Need more info before you decide?

Deciding the next best step for your manuscript is hard, but we’re on hand to help. Book a call with our Writer Support team to discuss your needs and we’ll help you find the best option.

Our Script & Screenplay Editors

Request your dream editor or let our team match you with the editor best suited to your work. We’ve hand-selected our team of expert editors over the last 20 years, including specialists across trade fiction and non-fiction. Here you’ll find traditionally published authors as well as publishing professionals such as literary agents and editors with Big 5 publisher experience.

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Gideon Roberton

Gideon Roberton

Editor

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Gideon is an experienced editor, story analyst and a published author. He writes the Drake’s War series of WW2 Espionage Thrillers under the pen name Gideon Saint. Drake’s War has been selected for The Bernard Cornwell Reading Club and has been an Amazon.co.uk best-seller.
Before he took up novel-writing, Gideon previously worked for Twentieth Century Fox, Focus Features, and Universal Pictures International as a story analyst. Gideon also ran a department of a trade publishing business in London for a number of years.

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  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Contemporary
  • Literary
  • Crime/Thriller
  • Historical
  • Sci-Fi/Fantasy
  • Comic/Satire
  • Paranormal
  • Short stories/Novellas
  • Memoir/Autobiography
Elizabeth Garner

Elizabeth Garner

Editor

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Elizabeth is an award-winning author with 20+ years of editorial experience, in both fiction and feature film.  She is a development editor for the award-winning crowdfunding publishers Unbound.
She also teaches Creative Writing at Oxford University and is the arts Trustee at the inter-disciplinary creative and academic charity, The Blackden Trust.

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  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Literary
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Crime/Thriller
  • Memoir/Autobiography
Pauline Kiernan

Pauline Kiernan

Editor

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Dr Pauline Frederica Kiernan is an award-winning playwright, commissioned screenwriter and prize-winning short story writer.
She has been a literary consultant for 12 years and has taught Creative Writing on Oxford University’s Creative Writing Undergraduate and MA programmes.
Pauline is a former lecturer at the University of Oxford and a Shakespeare scholar, and was appointed Leverhulme Fellowship at Shakespeare’s Globe to work with Mark Rylance and the directors and actors in its first six years as dramaturg and research resource.

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  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Short stories/Novellas
  • Literary
  • Memoir/Autobiography
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
Kathie Weaver

Kathie Weaver

Editor

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Kathie is a screenplay, fiction, and nonfiction editor with more than 20 years of experience working with first-time writers to Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.
At DreamWorks Pictures and The Mount/Kramer Company, she developed scripts for highly-acclaimed writers and directors, including Horton Foote, Sydney Lumet, Roman Polanski, William Friedkin, Philip Noyce, and others. She has vast experience mentoring both beginning and seasoned screenwriters and authors through all stages of the writing process, from concept to final draft.

  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Literary
  • Crime/Thriller
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Sci-Fi/Fantasy
  • Paranormal
  • Children’s/YA
  • Memoir/Autobiography
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
Brian Kimberling

Brian Kimberling

Editor

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Brian Kimberling is the author of two novels published in the US and UK, by Pantheon and Tinder Press respectively. He has also written for The New York Times, NPR, and others.
Brian has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and a long history of teaching, mentoring, collaborating with, or otherwise consorting with fresh distinctive talent. He has worked extensively in publishing and journalism. He has also written and produced three plays. His interests include short stories, climate change writing, and contemporary British domestic fiction.

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  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Contemporary
  • Literary
  • Historical
  • Science Fiction
  • Comic/Satire
  • Short Stories/Novellas
  • Memoir/Autobiography
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
  • Subject-Led Non-Fiction
Holly Race

Holly Race

Editor

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Holly is a YA author and a script editor for television and film. Her debut, the first in a YA urban fantasy trilogy titled Midnight’s Twins, was published by Hot Key Books in 2020 as part of a three book deal. The final novel in the trilogy, A Midnight Dark and Golden, was published in 2022. She currently writes YA and adult fantasy and urban fantasy.
Before becoming an author, Holly worked for nearly a decade as a script reader for a wide range of production companies, including Working Title, the BFI and Pathé.

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  • Play and Screen Scripts
  • Fantasy
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Jo Hall

Jo Hall

Editor

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As an experienced and exceptionally successful teacher of both English Language and Literature at A Level and additionally Theatre Studies, Jo’s particular strength is helping writers hone their skills and edit their work in order to achieve successful outcomes and realise their aims. She is also a well-qualified mentor of both adults and children.

  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Memoir/Autobiography
Louise Walters

Louise Walters

Editor

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Louise is the author of Mrs Sinclair’s Suitcase, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. She has self-published three further novels: A Life Between Us (2017), The Road to California (2018), and The Hermit (2022). Louise is an editor, mentor, and a former indie publisher.
Louise Walters Books ran from 2017 to 2023, and published mainly literary novels and novellas. Louise was also the original publisher of fantasy author Laura Laakso’s Wilde Investigations novels, now published by Bloodhound Books. Louise continues to work as Laura’s editor on the series.

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  • Plays and Screen Scripts
  • Historical
  • Literary
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Sci-Fi/Fantasy
  • Comic/Satire
  • Paranormal
  • Short Stories/Novellas
  • Young Adult
  • Memoir/Autobiography
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
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Don’t take just our word for it…

We’ve been helping writers achieve their goals for over 20 years. Here’s what some of them had to say about our editorial services:

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The MS critique I received from Jericho Writers was instrumental in my eventual offer of representation. The feedback lit a spark of ideas in me that meant I was able to overhaul the whole book in the right way to get an agent’s attention. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Charlotte O

Charlotte O

Manuscript Assessment customer

I couldn’t be more delighted with the results. My editor gave me so many amazing suggestions and some much needed

Allison M

Allison M

Manuscript Assessment customer

You kindly gave me some excellent feedback on the initial stages of my novel. Well, it’s “finished”, and I have been fortunate to have it shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Foundation Award for Adventure novel of the year (unpublished).

Richard F

Richard F

Opening Section Review customer

Your comments on the random points of view in my opening paragraph left me stunned! I take all your advice gratefully, and all of the technical points like POV, tense, dialogue, etc., went straight on the to do list.

Steve K

Steve K

Opening Section Review customer

Thank you again for your encouragement and many brilliant suggestions for my Cuba novel. I found them very perceptive and incorporated them into another draft.

Marion D

Marion D

Opening Section Review customer

Thank you so much for thorough feedback, kind words and encouragement. It means a lot. I found your report very clear and it sparked many ideas

Aman K

Aman K

Editorial customer

I remain impressed by both the quality and the quantity of Liz’s work. Apart from the overall comments, she goes into such great detail, character by character, chapter by chapter, missing nothing.

Carmella A

Carmella A

Editorial customer

I was also blown away with your encouragement and thoughtfulness. You have given me excellent advice on how to focus on not only the query and synopsis, but also the plot. I encourage other writers to use your service.

Milo P

Milo P

Agent Submission Pack Review customer

Thank you for your perceptive and incisive report. I’ve been desperate for help like this and so much wish that I had found Jericho Writers a few years ago.

Richard F

Richard F

Editorial customer

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Frequently asked
questions

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Do I need to be based in the UK for this service?

Not at all, our editorial services are delivered online and are suitable for writers from all around the world.

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How do I submit my manuscript?

Do you have manuscript or screenplay in need of a professional set of eyes? Here are the steps to follow to submit your manuscript for our professional editing service:
1) Select your word count in the box above.
2) Click on “Add to basket”
3) Once you’ve made your payment, you’ll be sent an email with a link to upload your manuscript.

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How should I format my manuscript?

Please only upload Word documents via the online submission form. Don’t forget to number your pages and double space your lines, and use an easy-to-read font like Times New Roman 12. Editors would prefer if you could also indent your paragraphs and use page breaks throughout the manuscript.

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Should I include my illustrations (picture books only)?

You’re more than welcome to include your illustrations when you submit your picture book(s) so your editor can have a look. Don’t have any illustrations? Don’t worry, this isn’t essential and in fact if you’re thinking of publishing traditionally, publishing houses will often provide their own illustrator.

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How long will it take to match my manuscript with an editor?

We aim to match you with the right editor within 2-4 days. We’ll get back to you as soon as the choice has been confirmed.

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How do you choose the editor?

We match manuscripts based on over 20 years of experience working with our editors. We consider editor experience, their genres of interest, and whether they themselves feel they are the right fit for your work. As all our editors are freelance, this depends on availability.  

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Can I choose my editor?

If you have a particular editor in mind, we will of course do our best to match you with them. We cannot guarantee this, however, as all of our editors are freelance and there are times when they are unavailable due to demand and/or other commitments.

Once you have placed your order, you’re welcome to send a shortlist of 4-5 editors from our website (and we’ll do our best to place you with your preferred editors).

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Is there a discount for resubmitting the same manuscript for a second read?

Yes. You’re entitled to a 10% discount if you’re submitting the same manuscript again for a full manuscript assessment. To get the coupon code you need, just get in touch!

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What if my book is good enough? Will you help me find an agent?

On some occasions, an editor will flag a manuscript as submission ready. When this happens, a member of the Jericho Writers team will look at the author’s agent submission pack and provide some free advice on it, plus access to AgentMatch. On some occasions, where the manuscript shows real promise, we’ll also approach agents on the author’s behalf.

It’s worth noting however, that this service is reserved for manuscripts which editors believe have strong commercial potential and are of a very high quality. Please don’t be disappointed if yours isn’t selected – most manuscripts require quite a few rewrites before reaching submission standard!

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Which editorial service is right for me?

We offer quite a few editorial services, so you’re right to take the time to consider all of your options. The writing process is a long one, so whether it’s line editing or copy-editing, or something on a larger scale, like a manuscript evaluation or developmental edit, we have the service for you. You can take a look at all of our editorial services here. You might also like to read our article explaining all the different types of editorial services. If you’re still not sure, feel free to get in touch with us and we’ll be happy to offer more advice.

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What is manuscript editing? 

Manuscript editing refers to the process of receiving comprehensive, structural feedback on your entire manuscript. This professional editing includes feedback on things like structure, pacing, writing style, characterisation, and marketability. It’s helpful whether you’re looking to self-publish, or whether you’re planning on querying literary agents and becoming traditionally published.

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Can manuscripts of any genre be submitted?

We offer manuscript assessments for manuscripts of all writing styles and genres, including children’s fiction and non-fiction. We will ensure that you’re matched with a manuscript editor who has experience with your chosen genre. For picture books, consider our Picture Book Assessment service. This service is not suitable for academic texts.

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How do you professionally edit a manuscript?

A manuscript that’s edited by a professional editor will often go through several rounds of edits. The big picture types of editing (developmental edits, structural edits etc) will often be used in the early stages of a manuscript’s development, while other types of editing that focus on the more minute, sentence level details (copy-editing, proofreading etc) are used once a manuscript gets closer to completion and/or publication. Our manuscript editors have lots of experience working in the publishing industry, and they’ll work with you to enhance your manuscript. 

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How long does it take to receive my editorial report?

For standard editorial reports, our team expect to deliver your editorial report around three to four weeks after receiving your manuscript. Express reports can be delivered in up to two weeks.

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Will I be able to discuss my report with my editor?

Following your editorial report, there will be an opportunity to check in with your editor via email. At this stage, you are welcome to ask a few follow-up questions regarding your editorial report. If you’d like to continue working with your editor on your manuscript, you could book one-to-one mentoring. These are flexible, online sessions that can be tailored to your needs. Find out more about Mentoring here or get in touch with our Writer Support team.