The first draft of my Office spec came in under 20 pages. It was one storyline with a few good jokes and the ending made sense. But there was no life to it. It felt like a webisode of The Office.
Beefing it up to 30 pages was a huge chore. A friend cautioned me, “It’s usually best to cut stuff out for your second draft…not add it in.”
I ran into a similar problem with an Earl spec, but I managed to stretch it out to 30 pages, even though, like my other first draft, it was one storyline. It sucked.
The point is, if the show you’re spec’ing has multiple storylines, then write multiple storylines. At least three of them if it’s an Office script. And if you’re still having trouble making it to 30 pages then throw in a fourth.
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