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Spec Script vs. Shooting Script

What’s the Real Difference?

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Andrew Devlin
May 09, 2025
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You’ve got an idea. You’ve got the story. You open your screenwriting software and start writing like you see in the movies: camera directions, slow pushes, insert shots.

But hold up—if you’re writing a spec script, you might be sabotaging yourself.

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