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• And the only way to have a script is to write one on spec.
  — Alex Convery, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Was that the jumping-off point for writing Air on spec?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
• The song was written on spec and then submitted out of the blue by Swift, the filmmakers revealed.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 June 2022
• May, considered by historians as the father of the ranch house, built the low-slung dwelling on spec in the mid-1930s, across the street from his own home.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2022
• After hearing about the 1985 story, Warden wrote the script on spec and hoped his old bosses would like it.
  — Jake Coyle, ajc, 21 Feb. 2023
• The yacht was started on spec and sold to a buyer during construction.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2023
• One hull was sold to a European client, while the other was built on spec with the American market in mind.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2023
• According to Variety, the house is brand-new and was built on spec, so there are no photographs available yet.
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 10 May 2020
• Hanna-Barbera was a relatively small studio at the time that was short of writers, and the pair started submitting gags and scripts on spec.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2020
• Writers can still work on spec scripts (a project that isn’t being shopped around, and the writer isn’t engaging with a production company for the purchase of it), Handel said.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• Writers can still work on spec scripts (a project that isn’t being shopped around, and the writer isn’t engaging with a production company for the purchase of it), Handel said.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• Jeffrey Eugenides had never approved anyone to adapt his novel but Sofia decided to write the script on spec anyway.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
• The seller is Canadian developer Francesco Aquilini, who’s been making a small fortune on spec developments in the area over the last few years.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
• The manufacturers had made some BA.1-containing vaccine on spec, but then switched production to BA.4/5.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 Jan. 2023
• From that point, Trammell pioneered the concept of building on spec everything from warehouses to office towers to apartments and hotels.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• From that point, Trammell pioneered the concept of building on spec everything from warehouses to office towers to apartments and hotels.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• If a cancellation policy is generous, there’s also no harm in booking on spec—even if a destination isn’t even open yet.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 15 May 2021
• Amazon Studios landed the script on spec in a competitive situation.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Mar. 2023
• For all the Hollywood success stories — writers who get big feature films made or develop popular TV shows — many more live a day-to-day struggle of writing on spec, selling pilots that never get made and taking meetings that go nowhere.
  — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Republic’s model resembles that of the popular entrepreneurial crowdfunding site Kickstarter, but instead of buying a product on spec, users are scooping up a very small share of a company itself.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 3 May 2021
• That’s no doubt due to its screenwriter, Mitchell LaFortune, a former military intelligence officer who sold this script, supposedly based on his real-life experiences, on spec.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024