I am acquainted with a former Tru TV producer who is going on to become a Vice President of Production at NBC/Universal. He agreed to read my script and give me some notes as long as I send it to him before the 21st (when he makes the switch). Trouble is, I don't know if he was expecting a completed script or not. I'm only half way into the script.

I was thinking I could send him the first ten pages, or maybe the first act, as I'm not really trying to sell the script, I would just like some notes from someone in the industry.

So what should I do? Try to finish the rest of the script (approx 50 pgs) in less than two weeks, or just send him a portion of what I have?

Personally, I'd send him 'a little bit of perfect' rather than a 'whole lot of not-so-great' Get what I mean? And in the meantime work on completing the rest so you've got it if he wants to see more. Good luck

Better get to finishing it.

You can definitely finish a tv show in two weeks if you have a clear picture of where you are going with it.  So get on it.

Oh, it's not a TV show, it's a movie script. But thanks.

Also, LC, that makes sense.

Thanks, guys.

I vote for send everything.  It makes a difference where you are going with it.

Quoted from fionaman Oh, it's not a TV show, it's a movie script. But thanks. Also, LC, that makes sense. Thanks, guys.

Are you saying that you're half way through a feature length script that's 50 pages total or additionally 50 pages to the what you already have?

I ask because traditionally scripts need to be at least 90 pages and at most 140.  Typically feature lengths range from 95-125 pages. A good rule of thumb is 1 page should equal 1 minute of onscreen time.  

Of course there are exceptions and some scripts that are more or less than the standard have been produced, however they are rare.  

A AD and screenwriter that's been in the industry for 25 years read one of my first screenplays about 8 years ago when I met with him for lunch and he agreed to look at my screenplay.  Here's what the conversation went like:

I handed him a 75 page feature length screenplay formatted correctly.  He took it, scanned over the cover page, and flipped through the back, saw it was only 75 pages.  Fanned through it and handed it back and said - rewrite to be at least 90 and then email it to me.  

You might get someone to read it if it's only 50 pages, but unless it's TV show producers rarely will waste their time.  I did what the AD told me to though and rewrote it to 90 pages and realized why they are that long and noticed that I had way more stuff to add and tie up loose ends of the story.  

Once you complete the first draft a feature length more times than not needs at least 5, maybe 7 rewrites before it's ready to be sent.

I'm re-reading a coming of age story I wrote and have been rewriting it a few times, I still find mistakes and stuff that I can improve on.  Such as comma's in the wrong spot, missing periods.  Words that have missing letters - most common one i see is people try to write thought but only get though or through  - this is not good, because it screws up dialogue and actions.

One typo may not do you in, but if within the first 10-20 pages there are more than two-three errors, you probably are SOL, or at the very best they will respond with a "Fix the errors and resend a rewrite" if you're lucky.

I'd be happy to read your script and see if I could give some feedback. Just let me know.