🚨SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10🚨 The Westside Writers Meetup is back! Totally free, totally chill. There's even free parking! 🤯 Come join us for the ORIGINAL writers meetup at our usual primo location, Santa Monica Brew Works. 🍺 No RSVP, just show up!

Wishing all a beautiful BBQ'n Memorial Day Weekend! Appreciation for all of you sharing all the news and more here on BlueSky. In this 😎 pack, vetted industry pro accounts of Comedians, Writers, SNL cast members, Musicians, Actors, Filmmakers, Political Analysts, n' Friends. 🎶🍿📷🥰😂🎙️🎥🌍🎶🍿📷🥰😂🎙️🎥🌍

🚨SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10🚨 The Westside Writers Meetup is back! Totally free, totally chill. There's even free parking! 🤯 Come join us for the ORIGINAL writers meetup at our usual primo location, Santa Monica Brew Works. 🍺 No RSVP, just show up!

- the #Hacks anti-AI episode >>>>>

Agreement reached between @wgawest.bsky.social and staff! Huzzah!

MBA ratified! Congratulations @wgawest.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social

Is there a statement or approved language one could append to the end of one’s script that certifies that no AI was used in the writing process? Sort of like “no animals were harmed in the making of this film” language?

Screenwriter @cincopaul.bsky.social ('Despicable Me', creator of 'Schmigadoon!') talks the darkest point in his career and the daring move that helped him escape it. Find out how he did it! 🎧 Listen to 5AM StoryTalk's entire conversation with Cinco at the links in my bio or in the first comment.

1/12 🚨 The "Super-Paramount" dream is hitting a wall. With only 9 days until the April 23rd shareholder vote, David Ellison’s $111B bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is facing a "five-alarm fire" from every corner of the industry. #Paramount #WBD #BlockTheMerger

Great job, Negotiating Committee!

The vibes couldn’t be more different from 2023.

This is a perfectly adorable example of how art inspires science.

The WGA Negotiating Committee has unanimously approved a tentative agreement w the AMPTP for the 2026 MBA. This deal protects writers’ health plan & puts it on a sustainable path, builds on gains from 2023 & helps address free work challenges. Members will receive more info in coming days #WGAStrong

Confirmed, there is a tentative WGA agreement.

Just so everyone knows — WGA has told Captains that what is being reported in the media regarding negotiations with the AMPTP is being reported without authorization and may not be completely accurate. A deal is not yet finalized. They will let everyone know when it is.

it hit deadline deadline.com/2026/04/wga-...

News: The Writers Guild has come to a tentative deal with studios on a new 4 year contract (yes, an extra year than normal!). Health plan/pension increases, SVOD bumps, protection to police licensing for AI training, more. Still must be recommended and ratified, but huge news.

The daily pill called Foundayo got a fast track through the Food and Drug Administration. It will compete with the pill form of Wegovy as an alternative to obesity drugs given by injection. n.pr/3PJjX0B

Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The showrunner is reviewing your script. She points out a joke that she absolutely loves, but you didn’t come up with it; another writer pitched it. What do you? Here’s a quick #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread on when to credit others, when to take credit, and when to keep your mouth shut. 🧵1

Wednesday the 11th…

LA Writers Meetups

While the Westside Writers Meetup is on hiatus till spring some people on my list have been asking if any of the other LA writer meetups are active these days. @valleywritersmu.bsky.social I know it’s tough to host in the winter and rough in general right now, just checking if I missed one…

He’s the best sleuth there is, but thanks to the crippling emotional damage inflicted by the murder of his wife, he’s unable to leave his hot tub. Thanks to the help of his faithful assistant in both finding clues and inviting suspects, he catches killers. J’ACCUZZI, coming this fall to ABC

Screenwriters, there's no American film studio/distributor with a better 21st century track record than A24, which is why I curated this collection of 60 feature screenplays it released for you to download and study!

For WGA members #scriptsky jitchollywoodbureau.org/jewish-roots...

I wrote a post about how to take general meetings you might find helpful. (It’s free!) www.patreon.com/posts/716494...

This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.

Still available, still free! Happy New Year!

Writers: Need a little nudge to start your 2026?

Great thread! In a similar vein, I believe the @davidhsteinberg.bsky.social interview on #2WritersTalkingShit they talk about meetings. When a showrunner asks "What are you watching?" They're not looking for a list of TV shows... Listen, it's great! #Scriptsky open.spotify.com/episode/4BHT...

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

On the most recent season of Platonic (Apple), one of the characters develops a catchphrase for her podcast: “Don’t ask, don’t get.” There’s some truth to this in Hollywood but only some. So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is on FAVORS. When/when not to ask and what to ask for. 🧵1

35 YEARS AGO TODAY - Adventures of Superman 474, Triangle number 1991-2. Written by Dan Jurgens, art by Dan Jurgens and Art Thibert. A classic holiday tale from Jurgens, as Clark reflects on a tragic drunk driving accident from his youth in Smallville #TriangleEra35

Memorize this list if you want to get staffed. Showrunners love dashes.

Writers, here’s a little gift for the holidays, a free month’s subscription to my Patreon with access to the entire library of content about the craft and business of writing for film and tv. Limited supply, redeem now. Happy Thanksgiving! www.patreon.com/DavidHSteinb...

What a great list and honored by to among these illustrious folks!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

What are Card Turns and how do you use them to break story... www.patreon.com/posts/card-t...

I don’t know why people keep saying it’s so hard to break into the business. All you have to do is write an undeniable script & get it to someone who matters who attaches A-list elements & partial to full financing & set it up at a shrinking pool of buyers that don’t make anything original anymore.

Next month, only on Patreon! No, it's not $799, it's only five bucks to join or ten for live events, and free trials are available! patreon.com/DavidHSteinberg

WGA Members and Aspiring Writers: Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.

This week our mock writers room is going back to basics -- with Gilligan's Island! Come join us in 30 minutes as we assemble the room to pitch story ideas and learn how to work in a writers room. The cost is only $10 and free trials are available. www.patreon.com/c/DavidHStei...

You can mark you house on Next Door as “we have candy” for Halloween and yes I approve this is a good use for technology

Preach

When a producer likes your work but they’re kinda sus www.patreon.com/posts/140439...