What is a Spec Script? I think it's worth saying that ‘spec’ is short for speculative, which basically means writing something that you've not been asked to write and usually you're not being ...

The very idea of a spec script -- an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air -- is one of the television industry’s great paradoxes.

The very idea of a spec script — an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air — is one of the television industry’s great paradoxes.

A little under two years ago, Vanity Fair ran a surprisingly eye opening piece about the state of Hollywood’s spec script market as it pertains to the feature film industry. In the write-up ...

The production company and banner have preemptively picked up 'Alignment,' a spec script by Natan Dotan, a man who until a week ago had no representation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer An ...

It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s. In a deal that shakes up a sleepy Hollywood before the holidays, Fifth Season and ...