2021 Spec Script Deals Analysis: First-Timers

We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2021. Today: Writers who broke in by selling a spec script.

As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2021, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by setting up a spec script.

The Dryline — David Rothley / Sony Pictures Entertainment — 8/30/2021

A kidnapping and ransom negotiator is tasked with finding a nine-year-old boy who went missing on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After finding the boy, she must fight to keep them both alive when they come under attack by the very people who hired her — corrupt FBI agents and cold-blooded police officials who want the boy dead because of what he knows.

[Note: This does not include the many writers who gained representation and/or landed writing assignments based on their spec as a writing sample.]

2021 Spec Script Deal List
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