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12/07/2025

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03/20/2025

At 10:17am on March 20, 2025, Warren Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait" character, football quarterback Joe Pendleton, was slated to reach his final destination in the classic 1978 movie. So today, after nearly 50 years, multiple bodies, and many (many!) awards and nominations later, Heaven is no longer waiting -- Joe is finally at rest.

Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, this lauded movie and its character-driven script are still fun to explore. Here's an excerpt about Joe's first trip to heaven from the fabulous script written by Beatty and the iconic Elaine May:
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JOE
Wait a minute -- I'm not supposed to be here.
JORDAN
But you are here.
JOE
Then you guys made a mistake....
JORDAN
(to Joe)
Joe, if you don't take your turn, the line cannot move. No one can complete his journey. Do you think that's fair?
JOE
I'm not supposed to be fair. If this is heaven, *you're* supposed to be fair. *I* didn't make the mistake.
ES**RT
This is not heaven -- this is a Way Station and there is no mistake.
JOE
Well, I'm not taking my turn. Because you guys aren't fair -- you just wanna look good.
He jogs off.
Jordan stares after him. There is a pause.
JORDAN
Check it.
ES**RT
What?
JORDAN
The rules of human nature apply even here. One of them states that the probability of one make being right increases in direct relation to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong. Check it.
EXT. WAY STATION
ES**RT
(to Attendant)
A check-out, please, on Joseph Pendleton. When is he due to arrive at this Way Station?
EXT. WAY STATION
There is the SOUND of a TICKER-TAPE-like instrument.
ATTENDANT
'Pendleton, Joseph. Due to arrive at 10:17 A.M., March 20th, of the year 2025.'
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And that's today.

Want to have some fun?
Honor Joe Pendleton's long awaited arrival in heaven by googling "heaven can wait script pdf" and finding the early draft dated "6/28/77." Then cue up the classic movie and read along -- you'll see how even the best stories go through revisions -- lots and lots of revisions. ;)

01/17/2025

It's finally here: "Severance" Season 2 comes back today. YAYAYAYYAY!!!!!

We've SO been looking forward to the return of this inventive show -- it was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Writing for Drama, after all!! 🤩

We love Severance so much that we snuck Ninja Neno into the Lumon offices to take some pics!! They're in our new article: "The Inspired Writing of the ‘Severance’ Series" on our blog -- it's all about the secrets behind this amazing TV show and is packed with tips on how you can develop your own show like Severance (with Season 1 you can download and read!)
==> www.writing.ninja/severance

Explore how Emmy-nominated writing of the unique TV series “Severance” can help you create masterful stories for your novels & scripts.

08/13/2024

Ready to master the art of writing Loglines?
In our latest Ultimate Guide, you'll get expert tips on The 5 Logline Elements, discover foolproof techniques in a step-by-step video tutorial, and download a free PDF packed with Logline Examples. Before you know it, you'll be quickly distilling your story into a concise, powerful summary that will grab attention and generate interest in your screenplay or novel.

Need a Logline for your script or novel? Discover an easy formula in a step-by-step video, a free Logline Examples PDF & get creative with a Logline Generator from Writing Ninja ;)

04/20/2024

Ninja Neno strutted his stuff on the red carpet at the New Bedford Film Festival tonight ;)

What a fabulous event. It was great chatting with some awesome screenwriters and filmmakers at the Screenwriting Awards tonight. Congrats to all the winners!

Are you at the fest? Swing by the Screenwriting Workshop (Sat, 11am) and say hi (and grab a Ninja Sticker! ;)

03/17/2023

Erin go bragh!
How many times will we hear this today? We say it a lot around here (plenty o' Irish in the Ninja fam!) But... what, exactly, does it mean?

"Erin" is Gaelic in origin -- it's an Irish word for “Ireland.”

“Go bragh” (or “go brách”) means "forever" or “til the end of time.”

Put 'em together and what have you got? "Ireland Forever!"

So, Happy St. Patricks Day! And... Ninja go bragh! 😆

12/05/2021

From all of us here at Writing NInja to all of our NInjas out there, Happy International !

11/15/2021

When you write for work, it can be easy to forget that writing can be fun.

Today at Writing Ninja, we just wanted to remind you to do a little "fun" writing -- just for the love of it -- because today is “I Love to Write Day.”

So whether you usually spend your days writing a movie script... or blog posts for your small business... or social media posts... or newsletters... why not take a moment to journal, write a couple of lines for a story, or create a jaunty lil haiku!

How decadent: a few minutes to enjoy writing – just for the love of it. Let's do it! 😀

06/20/2018

06/20/2018

Welcome to Writing Ninja! We're an online web-app that helps fiction writers discover their stories by taking that swirling vortex of ideas they have and Brainstorming it into organized, fully-developed novels, screenplays or short stories, saving them time and making it easier to finish. Because 97% of all novels started aren’t finished. Writing Ninja’s gonna change that!

09/27/2017

Neno just came up with the tagline for Writing Ninja. Wanna see? :)