Collaborating on Comedy

This 500-word satire imagines comedy writers' rooms as group therapy sessions where the whiteboard is mostly filled with passive-aggressive smiley faces. Writers communicate through puns and emotional hostage-taking. A fictional showrunner named Kiki McGroan institutes a �No Feelings Friday� policy. Brainstorming becomes an Olympic sport with gold medals for �Most Ironic Groan.� Collaboration is redefined as �simultaneous insecurity with snacks.� Ends with: �The real punchline is when everyone takes credit for the one joke nobody liked.� HOW TO WRITE COMEDY: https://comedywriter.info/collaborating-on-comedy/ AND http://comedywriter.info/