People find ScriptLix two ways. They search for something like "free script coverage" and land on the tool, or a writer they know sends them a link with a number in it. Either way, the first question is the same: what is this score, and should I trust it? This is the plain answer.
What ScriptLix is
ScriptLix is a home for screenwriters. There are three parts, and they are meant to be used in order.
Coverage reads your screenplay and scores it from 1 to 100. It is free, it takes under a minute, and it does not ask for an account.
Studio is a screenplay editor that runs in your browser. It formats as you type, so a slugline is a slugline and dialogue sits where dialogue sits, and Script Buddy waits at the caret instead of in a chat window.
Scene of the Day is where a single page goes public. When a free read finds a page worth quoting, the writer can put that one page up on scriptlix.com/scenes, and the day's highest scoring page takes the top spot.
We also publish our own screenplays. You can read the opening pages of any of them free. That part of the site is older than the rest, and it is not why most people are here.
How coverage reads your script
Paste the text or drop the file. Fountain, Final Draft, PDF, Word and plain text all work, up to 8 MB. A scanned PDF with no text layer will be sent back with a note asking for the text instead.
The script is split at scene headings into chunks, each chunk is read and condensed into notes, and then one final read turns the notes into the report. The coverage page puts it at about twenty seconds for most scripts, a little longer for a long upload.
The reader is told to write like a seasoned script reader: specific, honest, plain. It is banned from the words amazing, incredible, revolutionary and game-changing. If you have read real coverage, the tone will be familiar.
If you paste something that is not a screenplay, a short story, a treatment, a novel chapter, you still get a report. It comes with a warning that the format did not read as a script, so treat the numbers as a rough steer.
What the score means
The headline number is a 1 to 100 score for craft and producibility, the same two things a reader at a production company is paid to judge.
Behind it sit five dimension scores, each on the same scale:
- Structure. Does the story turn when it should, and does every act earn the next one.
- Character. Do people want things, change, and sound like themselves.
- Dialogue. Is it doing work, or is it explaining the plot to the audience.
- Pacing. Where it drags, where it rushes, whether the reader wants the next page.
- Originality. Whether we have seen this exact film before, and whether that matters here.
You also get a logline written from the script, a genre call, two to four comparable produced films or shows, and a one word verdict: pass, consider, or recommend. That verdict scale is the one readers use in the industry, and the meaning is the same. Consider is a good result. Recommend is rare.
Two notes close the free read. Protect this is the single strongest thing in the script, the thing a rewrite should not touch. Fix this first is the one flaw that matters most, because a list of twenty notes is how writers freeze.
The score bands on the page are Strong at 85 and above, Promising from 70 to 84, Developing from 55 to 69, and Early below 55. Most real scripts land between 50 and 84. Scores above 85 are unusual, on purpose. If the number surprises you, read the two notes before you argue with it.
One honest caveat, which ScriptLix states on its trust page: the free score comes from an AI reader, so running the same pages again can give a different number. Treat it as a first read, not a measurement.
Free coverage
How would your script score?
Paste a scene or upload your draft. You get a 1 to 100 score, what is working, and the first thing to fix, in about twenty seconds. No account.
Or upload your full draftStandard read or Pro read
The coverage page offers two reads. The Standard read is free and unlimited: a score and first notes in under a minute from a lighter model, and the page says plainly that some notes can miss. The Pro read reads every page start to finish, checks every note against your pages, and takes about five minutes, with the result emailed to you. You get one free Pro read a month, or three a month with a free account.
Neither one asks for a card. The coverage page says your pages are never published or shared, and are kept only so your report stays reachable.
What the $29 deep report adds
The free read is a scorecard. The deep report is a full written report on your script for $29, ordered from your coverage page and delivered by email.
Two things set it apart, both described on the trust page. First, its five scores (structure, dialogue balance, scene economy, character spread and formatting) are calculated by code from your pages, not by an AI model, so the same script gets the same five numbers every time. Second, every note has to name a page or a scene, and code drops any note that names a page or scene that does not exist in your script. That check proves the page is real, not that the reader was right about it, so open the page yourself before you rewrite.
If the free score is enough for you, you never need to buy it. It exists for the moment you have done three rewrites and want someone to go through the whole thing.
Then Studio, then Scene of the Day
Once the notes are in front of you, the rewrite is the job. Studio opens in your browser, formats the page as you type, and keeps Script Buddy at the caret. Drafts live on your machine until you sign in, at which point they sync.
When a read flags a standout scene, that one page can go on Scene of the Day. You decide whether it goes up, under whatever name you like. Only that page is shown, never the whole script. The page also has an Add your scene button, and the board turns over daily. Rewrite, rescore, try again.
Where to start
Go to scriptlix.com/coverage, paste a script, and read the two notes. Everything else on the site is downstream of that minute.
