Writing comedy

Bill Hicks Principles of Comedy

Are you new to writing comedy? In this post, we explain how not to write comedy and 5 mistakes you should avoid.

Comedic formulae must be used carefully and subtly, because the more they are used the more familiar and predictable they become and thus the less effective

Comedy writer David Misch teaches a class at The Writers Store in Burbank, CA on February 13, 2016.

Columnist Amy Ayres introduces her column "What's So Funny?" with interviews from famous funny writers on writing humor.

Did you ever notice how many jokes start with “Did you ever notice?” And what’s the deal with “What’s the deal?” There’s a lot of funny to be found simply by noticing the ordinary, everyday things you don’t ordinarily notice every day. Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Cheri Steinkellner offers a few tips and tricks for finding the funny in your writing.

I'm actually pretty sure that these are writing prompts but they are also me all the way.

Read "How To Write Comedy Discover the building blocks of sketches, jokes and sitcoms – and make them work" by Tony Kirwood available from Rakuten Kobo. First you have to come out with a flow of ideas and decide which ones will work. Then you must give them a tight structu...