I'm writing a script and it's naturally dialogue heavy I think.  Fade in statistics says it 57% dialogue, 43% description.  It's a comedy script, maybe slightly merging over into a dramady.  Currently, it's 118 pages.  When I read the script, it takes me 1 hour and 30 minutes to read it.  Im just wondering what the run time would be since it's so dialogue heavy.  I'm writing more action in my rewrite, and it's getting better.  But I don't know, any thoughts?

Thanks.

outstandage

The story should be as long as it needs to be. Stop sweating it. Write it your way first. Only attempt to fit it into moulds once the story is sold. Until then, have fun!

The goofy margins in the standard script format are supposed to maintain a roughly "one page equals one minute" relationship. From what I've read, practical experience has shown that dialogue tends to run faster than this, and action could run faster or slower depending on how descriptive the writer is.

Maybe people just talk faster than they used to?

In any case, Dustin is right... get the story straight first. Once that's done, insert bits of action to break up long blocks of dialogue unless your characters are literally a bunch of robots who do absolutely nothing but emit dialogue.