Has screenplay coverage become too dependent on conventional structure?
Experienced screenwriter here…over the last year I’ve started noticing screenplay coverage( both AI and human ) has become intensely focused on evaluating scripts through one dominant structural model. It made me wonder whether we’re unintentionally training writers toward the same kind of screenplay. Conventional wisdom says those principles exist because they’re what audiences respond to. But if the industry is constantly talking about the need for original voices and fresh storytelling, are we evaluating originality using tools that inherently reward convention? I’ve seen other writers raise similar concerns, especially those writing ensemble pieces, genre hybrids, or stories with unconventional narrative structures. For those of you who read professionally, produce, or write: do you think screenplay coverage has become too dependent on one storytelling paradigm? Or is that simply unavoidable in commercial production?