The Token Ledger

Every token, explained plain.

Scriptageddon runs on a small set of tokens. Each one does exactly one job, and this page explains every one of them — what it buys, what it costs, and every way a writer can earn reads and free premium months without paying a cent.

Token 01

The Full Read — a complete Don Chuy Assessment

The Full Read is the flagship. Don Chuy reads your entire screenplay and scores it across fifteen professional categories on a 225-point scale. You get a written note on every hazard he finds, the rhythm and formatting checks producers care about, the consistency referee, and a plan for the next draft. Score 125 or higher and your headshot unlocks; the score itself feeds the leaderboard, the Script Market and the Score Ladder.

What it costs depends on format and length. Every format has an included page count; past that band, each extra 120 pages adds one coin — so a sitcom pilot never pays a novel's fare.

Television pilot

1 coin

$9.99

Up to 75 pages included.

Feature film

2 coins

$19.98

Up to 140 pages included.

Stage play

2 coins

$19.98

Up to 150 pages included.

Book / Novel

3 coins

$29.97

Up to 250 pages included.

Not signed up yet? Your first 60 pages are read free, once — no coin, no card. Try it here.

Token 02

The Limited Read — the score-only pass

The Limited Read (also called a score-only read) is the lighter instrument: Don Chuy reads the first sixty pages of whatever you upload, whatever the format, and hands back the score and a short professional read — but not the full fifteen-category report. It always costs one limited credit, no matter what you uploaded, and it is the cheap way to check whether a revision is moving in the right direction before you spend a full read.

Limited reads are what the Score Ladder's early rungs pay in, and what new accounts get in their welcome package. They are a real read — just scoped to the opening sixty pages.

Token 03

The Armageddon Coin — the whole-screenplay currency

One Armageddon Coin either pays for a full read of a new screenplay (a TV pilot is one coin, a feature two, a book three) or unlocks the full report on a screenplay you already ran. Coins are bought in packages — bigger stacks carry bonus coins — and a coin is never broken back down into anything else.

1 Armageddon Coin

One full Don Chuy Assessment, or one unlock of a report you already ran.

$9.99

1 coin · $9.99 / coin

Draft Pair

Two coins for one screenplay: run the draft, rewrite, run it again, and read the draft-to-draft progress report side by side.

$14.99

2 coins · $7.50 / coin

3 Armageddon Coins

Buy 2, the 3rd is free.

$19.98

3 coins · $6.66 / coin

5 Armageddon Coins

Buy 3, the 4th and 5th are free.

$29.97

5 coins · $5.99 / coin

10 Armageddon Coins

Buy 5, the other 5 are free. The working screenwriter's stack.

$49.99

10 coins · $5.00 / coin

25 Armageddon Coins

The Writers' Room pack — for a group, a class, or a whole slate of drafts.

$99.99

25 coins · $4.00 / coin

Token 04

The Red Pen Pass — scene-level surgery

A Red Pen Pass buys depth on one piece of a script instead of another whole read. A Red Pen Note takes one scene apart line by line — what works, what breaks, the subtext, the dialogue, a rewrite, and line notes. A Dialogue X-Ray covers the whole cast in one pass and scores how distinct every voice sounds. One pass buys either, 1 pass at a time.

Passes are sold on their own and are never bundled with reads, so they can never recycle into free coins. Packs: 3 passes for $4.99, 10 passes for $12.99 (less than half the single rate).

The Exchange Post: 5 Red Pen Passes make 1 Armageddon Coin. Trades go in fives only, and only in that direction — a coin never breaks back down into passes.

Token 05

The Punch-Up Token — the rewriting bench

The Punch-Up Room is where Don Chuy sharpens one scene at a time (about four screenplay pages). Each run costs one Punch-Up Token, and you choose what he hunts for: Sharpen, Alt dialogue pass, Tighten for page count and more. Premium members get 10 tokens every 30 days — they reset, they don't stack. Gold Laurel writers earn a one-time stack of 10.

Token 06

The Elite Token — Elite access, paid outright

The Elite Token is a one-time purchase of $49.99 that buys5 months of Elite access without any subscription: up to 20 full assessments a month and 15 project submissions a week, plus 10 Punch-Up Tokens every 30 days. It is bought access, not the earned Elite tier — Gold Laurel status is only ever earned by score, and it stays yours for life.

Token 07 — Monthly Premium

The subscription that stops paying per read

Monthly premium is $4.99 a month today. On October 1, 2026 — the 4.0 launch — it moves to $9.99 for new members. Writers subscribed before then keep the founding $4.99 rate, and Gold Laurel Elite writers keep it too. New subscribers can use code SCRIPTWAR for 50% off the monthly plan.

What it covers. Each membership credit covers up to 2 coins of engine work — a TV read or a score-only read entirely, and a feature or longer project just pays the coin difference. Unusually long work never rides in free; the difference is charged honestly.

Fair use. 15 full assessments per membership week. That ceiling exists to keep the reads fast and honest for everyone; it is not a trick to slow anybody down.

Bonus tokens. Members also get 10 Punch-Up Tokens every 30 days and can trade Red Pen Passes at the Exchange Post like anyone else.

Month to month$4.99 / mo

3 Months

Save $3.98 against paying month to month.

$10.99

$3.66 / mo

6 Months

Save $9.95 — a full rewrite cycle covered.

$19.99

$3.33 / mo

12 Months

Best value: $2.92 a month for a whole year.

$34.99

$2.92 / mo

Founding Writer

Lifetime membership, capped at the first 250 writers, with permanent Founding Writer credit on the site.

$99.00

Lifetime

Cancel any time from your membership page. Longer terms are prepaid months, not subscriptions that renew on their own.

How writers earn free reads and free premium months

Scriptageddon pays writers back for being good and for bringing friends. Here is the honest, complete list.

The welcome package

Every new account starts with 2 free full premium assessments plus 3 limited score-only reads — no card, no trial timer.

The Score Ladder

Every rung a score clears pays free reads on the spot, and perks are permanent — a later, weaker draft never takes one back.

120+ · Working Draft

1 limited read

150+ · Silver Laurel

1 full read

170+ · Shortlist Ready

2 full reads

190+ · Industry Flag

2 full reads + 1 limited read

205+ · Gold Laurel

3 full reads + 2 limited reads

Gold Laurel Elite — free premium time

Earn a verified Golden Laurel (205+ on film, 210+ on television or Stage & Page) or all 27 trophies, and Elite membership comes free for three months. On October 1 this becomes 30 free days of premium for every writer who earns it after launch.

Invite a writer

Every writer has a permanent invite code. Your invitee starts with a free premium read, and you earn a free premium read once they finish a real assessment — so empty accounts never mint credits.

Get your invite code →

The Refugee Program

Coverfly, ScreenCraft, WeScreenplay and The Script Lab went dark and took writers' contest records with them. File your old record with proof; once the desk verifies it, it shows as an outside credential and earns one free full read.

File a claim →

Verified contest wins

Real placements and wins you verify with proof pay free full reads, on top of anything the ladder hands out.

Free before you ever sign up

The First Five tool grades your opening pages with no account at all, and guests get the first 60 pages of a read free, once.

Run The First Five →

One honest rule about rewards

When any read measures 20% or more AI-authored content, its rewards pause automatically until a human review clears it. Earned rewards are never taken back — verified human work always gets paid in full.

The earned-reads allowance. Free reads you earn from scores and verified wins share one lifetime ceiling: 12 full reads and 8 limited reads. Nothing is ever taken back — once the ceiling is drawn, the next rung pays in laurels, market slots and placement instead. Reads you buy or that come with a membership are never capped.