I'm one of the keynote speakers at Allegory Live. I'm going to be taking the Wound, The Lie and The Small life that I teach in workshops here. If you'd like to attend, one of our members who put this together has made a couple of tickets available. HMU here or DM me if you'd like to come. First come first serve. Thx. D

This is going to be part of an ongoing series about writers (like you) breaking into the industry. Stay tuned and lmk your thoughts on the stories below! March 17, 2026 Natan Dotan had zero representation a week before he sold his spec Alignment to Fifth Season and Makeready. The deal: $1.25M guaranteed, $3M if the film gets made. The script is an AI thriller drawing comparisons to Margin Call and Contagion. He wasn't connected. He wrote something undeniable. That's still how it works sometimes. Hollywood Reporter Twenty Companies Chased This Spec in One Week Mark Townend's script Renegotiate went out on a Monday. By Friday, 20 production companies were in a bidding war. Lionsgate won — mid-six-figures guaranteed, low-seven-figures on the back end. This wasn't a celebrity writer. It was a great script with a great logline in a buyable genre. Same lesson as above. Deadline The Spec Market Is Legitimately Back Last summer saw 23 original spec scripts and pitches sold. Nine in August alone — the highest monthly volume since March 2017. Industry observers are calling it spec mania. The Ankler ran a whole piece on it. If you've been sitting on a commercial, high-concept feature because the market "doesn't buy specs anymore" — reassess. The Ankler | Final Draft Managers Are More Reachable Than You Think Right Now Post-strike, the Big Five agencies have their walls up. Referrals only. But managers are a different story. In 2026, they want material they can take out immediately — and the feature market being hot means they're actively looking for commercial scripts from new voices. A strong query to the right manager with a tight logline is not a long shot right now. It's the play. WriteSeen — Agents Accepting Submissions 2026

Apple just approved it. This is the moment. Here's what ScriptReader does: it performs your screenplay aloud to you. Your characters. Your dialogue. Your scenes. With distinct voices for every role. You stop reading your script and start hearing it — which means you catch what your eye skips right over. I built this for you. For us. And right now, the beta is open. First 50 people get to try it free. That's it. No waitlist after that. Here's all you do: Step 1 — Download TestFlight. It's Apple's free beta testing app (iOS only — Android coming later.). Takes 30 seconds. → https://apps.apple.com/us/app/testflight/id899247664 Step 2 — Once TestFlight is on your phone, tap this link to join the beta: → https://testflight.apple.com/join/BVXKtFRD You get 30 minutes free. Use every second. Then come back and tell me everything — good, bad, whatever you actually think. That's the deal if you're one of the 50 who downloads. That feedback shapes what this becomes. Also, these 3 questions are hugely important: 1. Did it work? Could you get your script in and hear it play back without hitting a wall? Yes or no — and if no, where did it break? 2. What surprised you? Good or bad. What did you learn about your script? 3. Would you pay for this? Based on what this cost me, I cannot give this away for free. So if yes, what's a fair monthly price? The link is live. The clock is running. Don't download unless you're committed to giving feedback. If you are, comment: 🔥 below. And let's get to work! Go. 🎬 Edit: there are def some spacing issues with how it differentiates between characters and action. They sometimes run together. This is something I’m addressing in the next build. This build is more about… does it work at all. And don’t forget to try the Forge Analysis and see how that reads.

I think today was a pretty successful sprint. I was meant to be there for an hour today and we stayed for almost three. That’s why I love these calls. Productive. And we chat! And even better we always learn new things. Thanks for everyone dropping in today. Excited for the next one!!

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