“First you need writing samples ready to go. Kent Haines discusses how Donald Glover got an email from the producer of 30 Rock one night (that happens to you too, right?) and sent over scripts he had ready to go.
It’s a good question, because, you see, comedy writers write. Every day. Hours on end. They generate piles and piles of useable, polished material. Comedy writers are obsessive about generating new material, with reworking old material. They have big comedy muscles that don’t get tired from generating day after day after day, for hours on end…
I constantly get asked about what goes into a writing packet. The useless but most truthful answer is that it doesn’t matter as long as it’s great. It can be sketches, top lists, jokes, columns, standup, etc. It doesn’t matter so much what it is, just that it shows that you are drop dead, unquestionably, and forever funny…”
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