What, Why, How: Caitlin McCarthy

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I write dramatic feature screenplays and teleplays (original and spec). Feature scripts run between 90-120 pages. One-hour teleplays are typically 50-60 pages, and half-hour teleplays are 22-32 pages. While some writers don’t include act breaks in their teleplays, I like to use them. They can always be removed for outlets that don’t require commercial breaks. In every kind of script, each page equals about a minute of screen time.

All of my scripts b...