Editing Screenwriter (section)

===Definitions===
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*'''Against''': A word used to describe a script's unproduced price relative to its value if approved for production—for example, if a script is sold for $300,000, but the writer gains an extra $200,000 if it leads to production, the screenwriter's salary is described as "$300,000 against $500,000".{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
* '''[[Option (filmmaking)|Option]]''': If a script is not purchased, it may be optioned. An option is money paid in exchange for the right (the "option") to produce—and therefore to purchase outright—a screenplay, treatment, or other work within a certain period.
* '''Feature assignment''': The writer writes the script on assignment under contract with a studio, production company, or individual.
* '''[[Pitch (filmmaking)|Pitch]]''': The writer holds a five- to twenty-minute presentation of the film to buyers in a short meeting.
* '''Rewriting''': The writer rewrites someone else's script for pay. The writer pitches their "take", much like they would an original pitch.
* '''[[Spec script]]''': Short for "speculative" or "on speculation" as in; "She wrote her script on spec". The writer writes the script (original or someone else's idea) without being paid, and, subsequently, tries to sell it.