Jamie Mathieson is a writer for TV programmes including Doctor Who, Being Human and Tripped. In this post (originally published on his own website) he explains why spec' (speculative) scripts are a ...

An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s.

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, author ...

With our Open Call submission window approaching, BBC Writersroom Development Producer, Usman Mullan has some valuable advice on what makes a great spec script. Usman Mullan is a Development Producer ...

After three years of reboots, sequels and prequels, the market for original scripts is finally sizzling again in Hollywood. No fewer than 18 spec scripts – screenplays written without a contract – ...

Next week's episode of The Simpsons is one of the show's oldest, but it's not a re-run. Judd Apatow wrote the script 25 years ago, when he was a struggling stand-up comic hoping to break out as a TV ...

Independent producer Lawrence Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios. Six months later, in March, he sold the screenplay for ...

(Firstly, a definition for the non industry types. 'Spec' is short for speculative, and basically means you're writing something that no-one asked for and no-one is paying for. You simply had the idea ...