Quoted from Dreamscale Right, but not 200 page scripts...they don't work on spec.

200 page scripts?  No... no they don't work as a spec script, shooting script or any other version of a script whatsoever.

Not even sure ANYONE could write a 200 page script.  It'd just drag on way too long.  Hell, if my midpoint was at 100 pages, I'd get bored of writing it.

Quoted from Leegion   Hell, if my midpoint was at 100 pages, I'd get bored of writing it.

That happened to me with one of my comedy scripts... that was several months ago and I've written two features since as well as half of another feature, finished the children's novel and also written several shorts. I'm at 90+ and only hitting the mid point. Exactly as you said, I got bored of writing it.

Quoted from DustinBowcot That happened to me with one of my comedy scripts... that was several months ago and I've written two features since as well as half of another feature, finished the children's novel and also written several shorts. I'm at 90+ and only hitting the mid point. Exactly as you said, I got bored of writing it.

It sucks, right?  

It happens on the reverse too.  A while back I was writing a Western that sounded cool in my head, started writing it out, then at Page 30 or so I realized I was over halfway through the story I'd planned out and that there wasn't enough material to complete a feature.  So I scrapped the whole thing and restarted the planning from the ground up.

Guess you just gotta realize how a certain story should unfold, and how long is too long or how short is too short.  If you've got enough to write a feature or too much.  Cut the fat off the bacon and let it sizzle a while longer for extra crisp.

Live and learn, I suppose.

I've finished a few initial drafts around the 60+ mark. Sometimes it's worth sticking with it and finding more story. I still intend to go back to the comedy one day.