What This Service Is
Feature screenwriting is its own discipline. A feature has to sustain a single story across roughly 90 to 120 pages, which means the structural decisions made early (the central dramatic question, the midpoint turn, the shape of the third act) carry weight that shorter formats don't have to deal with. This service is focused specifically on that length and its demands: a story engine strong enough to run the full distance, and a script built with theatrical or streaming release in mind.
Whether the project is an independent drama, a genre feature, or a commercial studio-style script, the work covers concept refinement, structural planning, and a full draft written to professional feature format and page-count conventions.
Who This Service Is For
- Independent filmmakers preparing to finance or shoot a feature
- Producers attaching a writer to a feature-length project
- Directors who have a feature concept but need it scripted
- Authors adapting longer-form material into a feature (see Adaptation)
- Production companies developing a feature slate
What I Can Help With
- "I have a feature-length story idea but it's never been structured as a script."
- "My concept feels more like a short. I need help expanding it to feature length."
- "I need a feature screenplay I can take into financing or packaging conversations."
- "I have a treatment for a feature but no script yet."
What's Included
- Feature-specific structural planning (act breaks, midpoint, turns)
- Development of a central dramatic question strong enough to sustain full length
- A full feature-length first draft, typically 90–120 pages
- Attention to genre convention and audience expectation where relevant
- One structured revision pass
- Formatting to feature screenplay industry standard
Deliverables
- A complete feature screenplay (PDF and editable format)
- A logline and one-page synopsis
- A brief structural breakdown for reference
Why Work With Me
A feature lives or dies on its spine: the single question the whole film is built to answer. Before any scene gets written, I work through that spine with you, mapping what the story is really about, where the pressure builds, and what has to be true by the end for the ending to land. That groundwork is what keeps a 105-page script from sagging in the middle.
From there, the draft is built scene by scene with page count and pacing in mind throughout, not corrected for after the fact.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most features run 90–120 pages, roughly a minute of screen time per page. Genre and tone affect the target: a tight thriller often runs shorter than an ensemble drama.
Genre conventions are part of the discovery conversation. Tell me the genre and the films you see this sitting alongside, and that shapes the structural and tonal approach.
Yes. That's a common and important question to settle early, and it's covered in Story Development, before a page-count commitment is made either way.
Shooting script preparation is available as part of Screenplay Formatting once a draft is locked for production.