Barbara, thanks for your comments. Do you mind if I excerpt this as part of a blog article:

An experienced pro reader always knows a "bad" script within the first 10 pages, usually within the first 3, and often on the first page. If it starts out with a clock waking someone up, and they're late for something, it's usually not a good script. If it's about a screenwriter trying to break into the biz or sell their script, it's not a good script. If it reads like a novel or lacks enough descripton to properly "ground" the script or describe the tone to grab the reader by page 3, it's not a good script. If all or some of the characters speak alike (despite age, gender, background and personality differences), it's not a good script.

I have written about the importance of script readers before, but it’s always a good reminder about how they serve as Hollywood’s threshold guardians. Let me know if that’s okay and thanks again for your observations.