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Usenet Posted 19 years ago
Screenwriting

Spec script under 100 pages?

Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know some people who work for a prodco that makes them and they'll get it in to their bosses, which is why I wrote it. It's actually pretty tight if I do say so myself, lots of suspense and some hopefully well- earned moments of nasty carnage. With all the good stuff it has going for it, I'm worried that it's probably going to be about 94 pages.

Is that too short for a spec script? It's been drilled into all our heads not to make specs too long but does erring on the other side seem amateurish as well?
Since it's gonna be a while before anything gets bought in this town there's time to do re-writes if needed but I think it's just the right length. Am I being paranoid? Are readers going to toss it back on the pile or are they more likely to thank God when they see a page count in the double digits?
  

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[nq:1]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know... for it, I'm worried that it's probably ...

  • [nq:1]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script.
  • I know...
  • for it, I'm worried that it's probably ...
  • [/nq] I am a newb at writing myself, I will be very interested in replies to your post.
  • I am hoping to complete a script similar to yours in length and genre (somewhat).
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[nq:1]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know... for it, I'm worried that it's probably ... all our heads not to make specs too long but does erring on the other side seem amateurish as well?..[/nq]
I am a newb at writing myself, I will be very interested in replies to your post. I am hoping to complete a script similar to yours in length and genre (somewhat). I
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[nq:2]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know[/nq]
[nq:2]for it, I'm worried that it's probably going to be ... does erring on the other side seem amateurish as well?[/nq]
[nq:1].. I am a newb at writing myself, I will be very interested in replies to your post. I am ... "The Messengers" end credits rolled I think at 85 minutes. And those times inclu

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Yeah. that's my problem(s) Writing first and second drafts that just take up too many pages
in the end. Currently stuck on one that's around 158 or so and it seems so hard to omit scenes or storyline. Suppose that's just my fault in not developing a more streamlined story structure right from the beginning. It's instresting to see a inverse problem of having a script that's too short. Take Car
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[nq:1]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know some people who work for a prodco ... the pile or are they more likely to thank *** when they see a page count in the double digits?[/nq]
The readers I know tend to say the latter.
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[nq:1]Yeah. that's my problem(s) Writing first and second drafts that just take up too many pages in the end. Currently ... from the beginning. It's instresting to see a inverse problem of having a script that's too short. Take Care All[/nq]
Kill your babies. You have to.

"Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers." ? Mel Brooks
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[nq:1]Finishing up what I'll generously call a B movie horror script. I know some people who work for a prodco ... the pile or are they more likely to thank *** when they see a page count in the double digits?[/nq]
Not having seen your script, I don't know how much air it contains at present but my cold and callous advice to you is simple.

Having taken my agent's advice in relation to

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