You can't force funny writing. It helps to look for the absurdities in everyday life, make fun of yourself and, like the best comedians, learn how to set up the punch line. When we recently polled our ...

How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with ...

As a humor writer, I try to write about everything. It's basically all that I know how to do. RELATED: My Best Friend’s Death Wasn’t A “Blessing” — She Was Mentally Ill But the thing about writing ...

Excerpts from Frankie Muniz’s Autobiography That Make Me Think It Was […] I remember the day my mom got the call that I landed the part of Malcom in Malcom in the Middle. She was grinning from ear to ...

The two of us blinked at each other. We had just swapped edits for chapter one of our latest coauthored book, You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our ...

Students will write, workshop, and present five- to 10-minute comedic monologues inspired by their real-life experiences. Works and performances from funny people, including Mark Twain, Richard Pryor, ...

People used to sit at their secretaries — the desks, not the personal assistants — dip their quills into little pots of ink and share, on paper, their innermost thoughts. (Innermost thoughts! Remember ...