A screenwriter dies, and is allowed to choose
between an eternity in Heaven or Hell, after
St. Peter shows him both. In Hell, he sees rows
of writers chained to desks in a room hotter than
a thousand suns. As they work, their fingers are
singed by fire, and demons whip them with chains.
Next, he sees Heaven: rows of writers chained to
desks in a room hotter than a thousand suns. As
they work, their fingers are singed by fire, and
demons whip them with chains. Plus, it smells
like an outhouse. The screenwriter's curious,
"What gives, Pete? These are worse conditions
than Hell!" St. Peter replies, "Yeah, but the
work gets produced, and there's no rewriting."
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