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The Adverb's Place in Humor
You’ve probably heard that adverbs are the spawn of Satan and a well meaning but old and faded plastic fern. They kinda are. But that...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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The Key To Humor
To write a funny book you really only need to master one thing: surprise. And how do we surprise someone? Set them up to expect one...
Nov 29, 20203 min read
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My (Ugly) Bullet Journal
Every blogger has a bullet journal post, of this I’m convinced. So why did I feel the need to write about my bullet journal? Because it’s...
Nov 29, 20205 min read
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The Straight Men of Comedy
"Well, the straight guy is never given enough credit... [Bud] Abbott gets no credit for framing a gag, for the architecture, for the...
Nov 29, 20202 min read
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How to Get Unstuck
Alright, no fun pre-amble, no anecdotes about something tangentially related to being mired in plot tangles only to triumphantly comb...
Nov 29, 20202 min read
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How to Write Orange Prose
Let’s get some things down first before we jump into the wonderful world of Orange Prose. What is prose? You say? And what, exactly makes...
Nov 29, 20203 min read
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How to Write Humor: Scatological Jokes
Scatology: "interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature” - Merriam Webster So, basically, your common fart joke....
Nov 29, 20202 min read
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How to Write Humor: Oddly Specific
This is part of series of blogs based on humor techniques I studied during my brief tenure as Serious Humorologist at the University of...
Nov 29, 20203 min read
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The Most Important Writing Advice
In art school, we learned that visual art is one thing: Contrast. Without contrast, you don’t have art. Art is what’s in between two...
Nov 29, 20203 min read
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