Screenwriting Contests Discussion Forum 
Topic: How bad is it...
Author: Terri S
Posted: 11/05/09 01:08 PM
...if after sending your script to a production company that requested to read it you realize that you made a minor formatting error? Essentially, I used "montage" where I should have used "series of shots" in two or three different places. Is something like that enough to make them chuck it altogether?
Not if it's a great script. Don't sweat it. There are errors in the blacklist scripts.
Don't email them about it though! Would be amateurish.
Don't sweat it. Every script has some problem/typo etc. They can tell if it's one or two little things that you're professional in all other ways.
typos are okay, montage vs. series of shots, no problem.
Problems: Logic errors. Misplaced sentences/characters. Day when it should be night, etc.
It is amazingly easy to bump the wrong key, or screw up a cut and paste in most script programs and create an error that sometimes you don't catch.
It happened to me. I cut and pasted a sentence into the wrong spot. I still blame the program though. :)
