Comic #1992: 2010-10-27

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Description

Title: HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH WRITERS

Grid Overview:

• Columns:
  • NOVELIST
  • POET
  • SCREENWRITER
• Rows:
  • HOW TO ANGER
  • HOW TO DELIGHT
  • HOW TO RUIN FOREVER

Content of Grid:

1. HOW TO ANGER:
   • NOVELIST: "Gee! You sure know a lot of adverbs!"
   • POET: "I didn't like it. I mean, most of it didn't even rhyme."
   • SCREENWRITER: "What a gutwrenching autobiography. Add a sexy vampire and well option it."
2. HOW TO DELIGHT:
   • NOVELIST: "Everything in creation has been leading up to whatever you did most recently."
   • POET: "You are this generation's last generation's T.S. Eliot."
   • SCREENWRITER: "The producers want some adjustments to your magnum opus, so you get an extra five percent."
3. HOW TO RUIN FOREVER:
   • NOVELIST: "Oh… your new book is made of sentences? I guess that's okay. I mean, it was good enough for everyone else."
   • POET: "The important thing is that it makes sense to you."
   • SCREENWRITER: "Turning 30-year-old TV shows into movies is anti-anti-establishment. So, it's double subversive."

Footnote: Anything short of this is an insult.