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Actually, you're being rather nice. ...Although they did have "Smell-o-Vision" at one time. :bang: "Smell-O-Vision did not work as intended. According to Variety, aromas were released with a distracting hissing noise and audience members in the balcony complained that the scents reached...

According to DIY you don't even have to see the pages. It's already known what needs to be removed. -Birdman

I also have holograms! They are used to trick the bad guys. ...Gimme back my script! According to most everyone here, you and I need to get rid of the holograms, lose the characters that use these holograms and probably get rid of the bad guys the holograms are used against.... for budgeting...

One of the scenes has my main character and her co-star ordering a burger at a fast food joint. Another has NSA agents going through a house. Several scenes involve the two main characters driving cross country in a vintage sports car (that doesn't get wrecked). They stop at a gas station...

The only one who is taking everything into consideration is FSF. Nobody has seen my script, so there is no way to pre-judge that I'm using too many descriptive words. DIY has pre-determined just about everything regarding my script without so much as seeing the title page. I have been working...

What do you suggest I do for handling pages 83 through 94 of my script where the Protagonist is facing down six alien operatives? What words would you remove and how would you change the dialogue? -Birdman

Joejohn123, God love ya, ...I have no idea what you just wrote. -Fartman

Okay, this is what was used as an example: "Bob blows away Roy. Joe leaps for a gun. Paul scampers while Jerry cowers under a desk." And this was your response: So the reader automatically "knows" that Paul will run away ...and that Jerry will cower under the desk ...because the actors...

I have gleaned a LOT of valuable data in these posts. Formatting a complex TV montage was resolved in these threads. I would be up for a four to ten page short. As soon as I get this sucker down to 130 I'll be up for the challenge. -Birdman

Well, again ...There MUST BE A LIMIT at some point! Sure, I'm guessing there's a ton of scripts where 10% more could be removed without affecting the plot. But what about the scripts where an adequate amount of reduction has already been accomplished? What about those scripts where if more...

...I wouldn't be submitting it to a contest without it first being copyrighted. Once I have it copyrighted I'd feel comfortable posting it on a billboard. I have a line of "avid readers" waitning for my first draft including an English Teacher wife (who is ruthless). I wouldn't feel...

...Okay, I understand your thinking. I have 48% action and 39% dialogue. The remaining 13% is composed of scene headings and other related scripting. No camera cues and scant parenthetical use. I plan on taking out 15 pages minimum from my 145 page total, but I am being truthful when I say...

...There is no way in hell I could make it to 80 pages! In my opinion, if a person doesn't have at least 90 pages of script, then they don't have a complete story fit for a movie. How do you expect a producer to make a mainstream movie from a 60 minute script? People dropping $15 for tickets...

...I started typing everything that came into my mind. I realized at page 160 (when my Protagonist was 1/3rd the way to her goal) that I needed to dial it back some. The good side was I has a ton of scenes to pick and choose for the completed draft. I was more able to connect all the dots...

Life on the ground, or life in the sky. ...Choose your destiny! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YEyzvtMx3s -Birdman

Well, that's fair enough. I had planned on submitting my script to several contests (including the Page) just to see what comments I might get. If N.F. Focuses on scene descriptions, then I probably won't do very well. But maybe another outfit will like it better? I am also sending it off to...

...and if I wait two years, ...just think how much more knowledge I would have by then! -Birdman

Ray, I was hoping to enter it in IndiePaul's script competition (Nicholl Fellowship). They are sticklers for properly-formatted scripts. I don't want any points against me on formatting. -Birdman

JoeJohn123, Hard time have me (with face funny like a tree) to what you write understand. Many of times. I find you read hard what you wrote. It sense makes no. Like try to for me to reading washcloth. Do you, (when for a producer submit) have your formatting script like here the same...

Now you and RayW are at odds on the input. Ray says "No quotes around the text", but your example has quotes. ...Which way is correct? Regarding "I want" Well OF COURSE "I WANT"!!! It's my frickin' script! Who the hell else is going to want it? Bob, or maybe Sally who lives down the...