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07-08-2010, 12:10 AM
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Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
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07-08-2010, 12:52 AM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
 a bounce that high? |
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07-08-2010, 06:27 AM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
Interesting: thx for posting Authorized.
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07-08-2010, 03:50 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
The sunshine illuminates from the writer.
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07-08-2010, 04:59 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
who is the blogger?
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07-10-2010, 11:53 AM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
Selling a spec for big bucks seems to be what ALL new writers think of. Hollywood DOESN'T want to make YOUR movie. They've generated hundreds of ideas that they want to see, but use YOUR script as a SAMPLE in order to write those.
Just my opinion from what I've been told so far guys. A SAMPLE (which is still a spec), can get you further than a SPEC itself. |
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07-10-2010, 01:26 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
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There was a comparison of novelists and screenwriters, and as far as I know there is no equivalent to "assignment work" in the novel world. I know they can ghost write for celebs and politicians who aren't really writers, but I'm not sure if you make a career out of that. In screenwriting it's virtually GUARANTEED that the studio will bring in at least one other writer to at least do a 'take' on your script no matter how much they liked the original. Don't think Stephen King or Crichton ever had to worry about that.
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07-15-2010, 12:05 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
Well, my specs are sci-fi, psychological thriller and supernatural thriller (horror?). Sounds like a winning plan.
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07-15-2010, 02:20 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
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It's to each his own, but I told my manager I'm not interested in non-paying assignments. There's too much risk involved. |
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07-15-2010, 04:50 PM
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Re: Still No Sunshine in Spec Script Market
There's always sunshine in the spec market. Specs compromise at least 75% of the junk on my desk.
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