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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