Screenwriting : Death Of The Spec? by Gary A. Piazza

Gary A. Piazza

Death Of The Spec?

Read this today and it pretty much lays out the difficulties we writers have these days. Still, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Keep writing. Write great! Be awesome!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-spec-scripts-20171219-html...

R.I.P. for the spec script, long a source of some of Hollywood's most beloved films
R.I.P. for the spec script, long a source of some of Hollywood's most beloved films
Entertainment has lost a key pipeline for fresh ideas. Started by Preston Sturges and mastered by William Goldman and others, scripts written on spec gave screenwriters a chance to develop their own stories.
Andrey Savchenko

Thank you for sharing )))

Dan Guardino

They are only talking about studio projects which have been close to dead for a long time for people writing on speculation. There are other places you can find a home for lower to middle budget screenplays. Also Hollywood is not the only place where they make films. I had an offer on one of my specs last month and a investment group sent my agent a proposal to fund two of my projects.

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