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jakflak

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Oct 17, 2009 19:18

Recently I've tried my hand at actual comedy writing, not just smart-alec sarcasm like normal. With hopes high I submitted my first article to Cracked. Their response was ( Read more... )

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ftemery October 18 2009, 03:58:55 UTC

I'm there. And I enjoyed it.

jakflak October 18 2009, 03:59:54 UTC

Thanks! Any feedback?

Feedback ftemery October 18 2009, 13:58:43 UTC

Both positive: I enjoyed not having to read the word "retard" everywhere and ditto with "f***". And I learned things I hadn't known before. Maybe too much information, as compared to the original site, but then why should it be a complete copy?

What are you looking for in submissions? Hard to define sometimes though - humor, learning, must have been rejected first? I think if you just lean on and trust your own inner sense of what's funny or strange, you'll do fine. Let it rip!

I can see future columns like "the top hundred most disgusting things children put in their mouths" with submissions (unless your own kids have the top hundred..... or the top thousand most embarrassing things kids have said in public.........

Re: Feedback jakflak October 18 2009, 16:25:34 UTC

Thank you for the feedback. I put a little bit of potty mouth in there mainly because some things were just funnier that way. Honestly I'm uncomfortable with it.

Cracked just has a very narrow criteria for submission.

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name_omitted October 18 2009, 04:43:53 UTC

White on black burns out the eyes very quickly. Looks cool and very 'zineish, but I recommend something else.

name_omitted October 18 2009, 04:51:47 UTC

I like it. I must admit, I have NEVER seen Harriet Tubman represented by Terminator before.

jakflak October 18 2009, 16:27:47 UTC

After learning about her I think the Terminator sounds pretty soft compared to her.

I know my layout is ugly; I'm not much of an artist. I just picked a template from their list. I'll pretty it up later.

Thank you for the feedback!

10_96 October 18 2009, 16:35:40 UTC

You are hysterical. I hope you don't mind but I plan to pass you around like the nacho bowl at a super bowl party..

You must be shared.

jakflak October 18 2009, 16:50:51 UTC

Please do! I want the word to get out and see if I can get a following. Now I have to write more.

ftemery October 18 2009, 17:30:14 UTC

There are worse ways he could be passed around I suppose! But, yeah, me too.

damnitnicole October 23 2009, 04:23:19 UTC

Good stuff!