Writing Advice

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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