No matter what type of script you’re writing, it’s a good idea to abide by industry standards for acts, action, and length. Movie script. In general, film scripts tend to be about 90–120 pages.

So to help launch Variety‘s new “Hollywood How-To” video series on writing a script, we asked Lindelof to talk through some of his process as a television writer. Here’s what he had to say. 1.