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30 Things About Screenwriting: The Spirit of the Spec

Scott Myers

28 Jul 2015
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30 Things About Screenwriting: The Spirit of the Spec

You get an idea.

You act on your idea.

You write your story.

You put it out there.

And if it doesn’t sell…

This is what I call the spirit of the spec.

Live it. Be it. Do it.

For the rest of the 30 Things About Screenwriting series, go here.

[Originally posted November 28, 2015]

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