Friday 11 February 2011

From a friend of mine

Q. How many screenwriters does it take to change a light bulb?
1st draft: Hero changes light bulb. 2nd draft: Villain changes light bulb. 3rd draft: Hero stops villain from changing light bulb. Villain falls to death. 4th draft: Lose the light bulb. 5th draft: Light bulb back in. Fluorescent instead of tungsten. 6th draft: Villain breaks bulb, uses it to kill hero's mentor. 7th draft: Fluorescent not working. Back to tungsten. 8th draft: Hero forces villain to eat light bulb. 9th draft: Hero laments loss of light bulb. Doesn't change it. 10th draft: Hero changes light bulb.

6 comments:

Nik Perring said...

I love these!

Sarah Hilary said...

Me too, Nik. Ought to be more jokes about writing!

Rebecca Bradley said...

Brilliant!

Sarah Hilary said...

Glad you liked it, Rebecca! Thanks for dropping by.

NikkiF said...

Very funny! I hope you and your friend don't mind, but I shall be sharing the link on Facebook. And as you say, there should be more jokes about writing. :)

Sarah Hilary said...

Thanks, Nikki, please do spread it around!