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What Editors Mean When We Say “Read the Submission Guidelines”

How to dramatically improve your chances of acceptance — As an editor of The Belladonna, a Top 100 publication on Medium, I am driven to madness by one recurring issue. For some inexplicable reason, so many writers blatantly ignore our submission guidelines. Through my conversations with editors at other publications, I’ve discovered this is not a problem exclusive to…

Writing

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What Editors Mean When We Say “Read the Submission Guidelines”

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How to Write ‘Funny Anger’ (Not ‘Angry Anger’)

Why humor editors love the former and reject the latter — As a comedian and editor for The Belladonna, a popular humor publication on Medium, I read and write a lot of angry humor pieces. But for every terrific piece of satire, I read at least 4–5 attempts that fall flat. Why? Because they aren’t funny. One of the best ways…

Writing

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How to Write ‘Funny Anger’ (Not ‘Angry Anger’)

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My 2021 Submission Stats

Because getting published is a numbers game. — This was a really good year for me. With a few small exceptions, 2021 is the first time I really wrote, submitted, and published short humor. I wrote almost every day (especially from January — June), and I got pretty good incredibly quickly. …

Comedy

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Published in Slackjaw

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QUIZ: Is This A Quote From My 5-Year-Old Or An Old Timey Expression That Fell Out Of Style?

Tyler is in his Don Rickles phase right now. —

Humor

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QUIZ: Is This A Quote From My 5-Year-Old Or An Old Timey Expression That Fell Out Of Style?

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If This Cartoon Lady Animal Doesn’t Have Human Breasts, How Will Men Know If We Wanna Fuck It?

PETITION: We need a set of honking knockers to hold our attention! — “[Malcolm D. Lee], the director of ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy,’ has ‘reworked’ Lola Bunny’s role for the reboot — claiming he wasn’t comfortable with the ‘very sexualized’ way she came off in the original back in 1996.” — TMZ, 3/4/21 Petition for Malcolm D. Lee to DRAW TITTIES ON…

Comedy

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If This Cartoon Lady Animal Doesn’t Have Human Breasts, How Will Men Know If We Wanna Fuck It?

Published in Slackjaw

·Apr 26

Other Drugs Dewey Cox Tried In Deleted Scenes From ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’

“We’re ratioing the crap out of a terrible New York Times Op-Ed on Twitter. You don’t want no part of this shit!” — DEWEY yawns, opens the bathroom door, and freezes. SAM and several GROUPIES are drinking out of novelty mugs. SAM Get out of here, Dewey! DEWEY Whatcha guys doin’ in there? SAM We’re drinking a steaming cup of coffee first thing in the morning, and you don’t want no part of this…

Humor

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Other Drugs Dewey Cox Tried In Deleted Scenes From ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’

Published in The Belladonna Comedy

·Apr 12

Our Most-Read Pieces in March

Oh hey, Belladonnas! Since the last time we talked, our very own Heidi Lux’s movie, Crushed, came out on Tubi!!! (Holy shit!) Give it a watch — it’s wildly hilarious! Now on to the news of the week: TOP 3 MOST-READ PIECES IN MARCH Quick tip: As always, we encourage you to promote your work on…

Humor

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Published in The Belladonna Comedy

·Apr 3