Prior to being commissioned or bought, a script written with the hope that it will be sold is called a 'spec' or 'submission' script.
Once a script is purchased, it will often go through a bunch of rewrites before the project enters into production. Once that happens, the script becomes a 'Shooting Script'.
Knowing this in advance should help a writer "de-personalize" the rewrite phase. We all put our heart & souls into our scripts BUT we also have to trust the production TEAM during the rewrite phase.
A movie needs to make a PROFIT and massaging a script is often what makes this occur.
Until next time,
Brian
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Brian K. Allen
Screenplay Writer & Coach
http://www.Scripts4Agents.com
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