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More from the sitcom writers' room: MTV story editor In Hollywoodlog, Shari Brooks gives the Hollywood wannabe advice on how to get your first writers' assistant job: Lie. Lie about your typing speed, your computer skills, lie on your resume, and then get your friends to back you up as references. Not surprisingly, her web of untruths got her a gig on a sitcom.

They asked for references. I asked for lies from co-workers. They asked me to tell them about my assistant experience on “The Real World.” I distracted them with amusing reality anecdotes and shiny objects. I won. The job started in one week… which gave me 168 hours to bring my typing speed up to 65 WPM, learn three script writing programs, and figure out what “Writers' Assistant” meant.

Good question, Shari. What does "writers' assistant" mean? There's no easy answer. Sometimes, it means that you have to listen to people talk about the contents of Courteney Cox's uterus or muse about the possible rape aspirations of Joey Tribbiani. In other cases, you have to be handy with a gong mallet. You've really gotta be flexible to make it in The Room.