The Melody Of Sephira by Christopher Sorensen (Thenextscott) - Sci Fi - The galaxy recognizes certain unique people. Yet some harbor gifts which cannot be explained, which is why one woman is the answer to its evolution. 163 pages - pdf, format 8)

163 pages? That is a little bit too long. Most readers will only read scripts that are 120 pages or less.

This is because the story is more geared to the characters rather than targeting for special effects. I threw in a few effects to keep the audience engaged so much as to not become detached. Seeing a story of the characters alien or not is a bit more reliable. Besides, James Cameron wrote avatar which was a lot longer than his movie version. Yet he still managed to produce a near three hour movie anyway. So seeing as I like to write, I wrote what I thought was a good script. If a producer wants to tone it down, we can talk about it.

Your logline is great, but 163 pages is really too much, especially for a spec script. A lot of people are going to be put off by that length. If you can trim about 40 pages, you'll engage a lot more readers.

Quoted from thenextscott James Cameron wrote avatar which was a lot longer than his movie version.

The problem with this reasoning is that you're not James Cameron. Write and direct a few runaway hits and then you can get a 163-page script looked at.

James Cameron can do what ever the hell he wants to do.
Before making Avatar, he had the number one grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
After Avatar, he had the top two... of all time.

Amateur writers like us, have such a slim chance of having anyone important read our scripts. And I'm pretty sure that if a reader, agent, manager, executive, etc., were to pick up a scrip that eclipsed 140 pages, they would be doing so, only to toss it into the garbage.