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The Hole by Samuel Ashurov - Short, Dramedy - While hanging out and drinking at their favorite spot, three teenage friends talk about life and find themselves in the very place that they are. 18 pages - pdf, format
I didn’t really feel for this piece, but that could be because I am not a 19 year old who can relate to these characters. It is formatted well for the most part, and I did not see any typos. It felt to me like part of a bigger script, than a short in itself. Maybe that is because of the length. I think ideally for the 3 scenes that make up the script, it should be more like 1-8 pages. The middle part in Dave’s House, is the meatiest part for me, where some philosophical questions are raised. I would break down your action paragraphs a bit, especially the first ones, they should really be no longer than 4, aim for 2, it helps the flow. 'Beat' should be parenthetical I believe. And it's a direction that you use quite a lot. Try to find other devices to break the conversations.
A beat or Beat can be used in the instance you present it with.
Taylor Sheridan uses it a lot. Derek Kolstad too.
Some hate it and others really hate it.
I would say, 7 times in a ninety page script and it would go almost unnoticed. But in a nineteen page script, people will tend to pick at it.
You have lots of dialogue and not a lot of action. So the suggestion of finding different ways to break up the dialogue instead of using a beat, is a good one.