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• What Makes a Great Spec Script

  By Usman Mullan Verified| BBC Verified Usman Mullan is a Development Producer at BBC Writersroom who works across our UK-wide programmes such as Drama Room, Voices and the Writers Access Group. Through his work, he reads many spec scripts as well as supports writers in the development of new ones. Here, he shares advice. What is a Spec Script? I think it's worth saying that ‘spec’ is short for speculative, which basically means writing something that you've not been asked to write and usually you're not being paid to write it.

  By Usman Mullan Verified · BBC

  Oct. 19, 2022

• What Makes a Great Spec Script

  By Usman Mullan Verified| BBC Verified Usman Mullan is a Development Producer at BBC Writersroom who works across our UK-wide programmes such as Drama Room, Voices and the Writers Access Group. Through his work, he reads many spec scripts as well as supports writers in the development of new ones. Here, he shares advice. What is a Spec Script? I think it's worth saying that ‘spec’ is short for speculative, which basically means writing something that you've not been asked to write and usually you're not being paid to write it.

  By Usman Mullan Verified · BBC

  Oct. 19, 2022

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