Posts Tagged "comedy"

If there’s one thing that all writers have in common, it’s rejection. At some point or another (and more than likely at a lot of points) every writer gets a letter an email (or perhaps hears no response at all) to let them know that their submitted work, their precious darling child, will not be published, at least not this time around. Thankfully, the other thing that all writers have in common is persistence and a bit of masochism. We continue to try, try and try again. Jon Friedman has made something of a career out of rejection organizing the Rejection Show and now editing the anthology Rejected which collects both rejected works as well as stories of rejection from a variety of creative types. Many of the writers represented are comedy writers and...

A wise woman once said that girls just want to have fun, and in that spirit I am holding my first contest celebrating funny ladies. All you need to do to enter is create your own short digital video so funny it will have folks peeing in their pants, upload it to YouTube or the video sharing site of your choosing and email the link and your contact information to me at alissagrosso at gmail dot com by April 30. Videos will be appear on this website, and visitors will vote on their favorites. Voting in the poll will be open for one week. The winner of the poll will take home an 8 pack of DVDs that includes Summer Catch, Rock Star, Home Fries, Addicted to Love, Adam’s Rib, The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year and Bringing Up Baby. Just to recap,...