Comments on: Crafting the TV Spec Script: Understanding Show Rules http://www.writeforhollywood.com/crafting-the-tv-spec-script-understanding-show-rules/ Screenwriting tips, advice and feedback for aspiring film and television professionals. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Yolanda http://www.writeforhollywood.com/crafting-the-tv-spec-script-understanding-show-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Yolanda Mon, 31 May 2010 13:32:31 +0000 http://www.writeforhollywood.com/?p=649#comment-44 Thanks for your question, Mikki. I've tried to find samples of spec scripts online myself, but it's not easy because they're not produced. If you search the Internet for specs you can find a few. Even so, those are scripts written by people just like you trying to break into the business and you have no idea if they actually got that writer a job. Your best bet is to look for sample scripts of an existing series. http://208.69.125.106/~dailyscr/tv.html or http://www.script-o-rama.com/tvscript.shtml Avoid transcripts because they're useless. Ideally you want to write a spec that grabs the reader's interest because they get a LOT of specs written on the same series and they've likely written their own spec on that series. Yours has to stand out, but it also has to play within the show rules. I've found the best way to understand what goes into a spec script is to write a few. Give it to someone whose written a few or a professional to read it over and help guide you in the right direction. Hope that answers your question. Yolanda Thanks for your question, Mikki.
I’ve tried to find samples of spec scripts online myself, but it’s not easy because they’re not produced. If you search the Internet for specs you can find a few. Even so, those are scripts written by people just like you trying to break into the business and you have no idea if they actually got that writer a job. Your best bet is to look for sample scripts of an existing series. http://208.69.125.106/~dailyscr/tv.html or http://www.script-o-rama.com/tvscript.shtml Avoid transcripts because they’re useless.
Ideally you want to write a spec that grabs the reader’s interest because they get a LOT of specs written on the same series and they’ve likely written their own spec on that series. Yours has to stand out, but it also has to play within the show rules. I’ve found the best way to understand what goes into a spec script is to write a few. Give it to someone whose written a few or a professional to read it over and help guide you in the right direction.
Hope that answers your question.

Yolanda

]]> By: Mikki http://www.writeforhollywood.com/crafting-the-tv-spec-script-understanding-show-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Mikki Fri, 28 May 2010 04:25:50 +0000 http://www.writeforhollywood.com/?p=649#comment-43 Where can you find specs for a series? Where can you find specs for a series?

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