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“The spirit of the spec”

Scott Myers

Scott Myers

May 20, 2017·1 min read

The creative empowerment of writing a spec script.

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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.

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