What is a Spec Script?
A spec script is an original, unpublished script written by a screenwriter (mostly new writers) and submitted to studios, agents, producers, and managers on the speculation that it will be optioned or purchased by perspective buyers. A spec script is the screenwriter’s calling card and is intended to showcase the writer’s ability to tell a compelling story. Studios, production companies, agents, and managers receive thousands of unsolicited spec scripts from around the world. If your spec script gets a “passed,” others in the industry will learn of it and will “Pass” on it also. That is why it is so important not to send your script out before it is ready.
A spec script is an original, unpublished script written by a screenwriter (mostly new writers) and submitted to studios, agents, producers, and managers on the speculation that it will be optioned or purchased by perspective buyers. A spec script is the screenwriter’s calling card and is intended to showcase the writer’s ability to tell a compelling story. Studios, production companies, agents, and managers receive thousands of unsolicited spec scripts from around the world. If your spec script gets a “passed,” others in the industry will learn of it and will “Pass” on it also. That is why it is so important not to send your script out before it is ready.