A summary of some great advice shared by Jess Loveland in this recent online session for Writers & Artists, part of their ...

Late in my Hollywood writing career, I almost got the Big Break. I’d written a “spec” script (industry lingo for a “speculative” or non-commissioned screenplay) for Homicide: Life on the Streets.

"Starlight Stage" was a spec script, written by Daniel Sliwa, during a creative writing exercise in a recovery center. The initial 40 pages were expanded into 123 pages, then stripped back down to a ...