Tag: comedy writing
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If You Wish to Be a Writer, Write. Right? Wrong!
Aspiring writers often hear the poor advice of the Greek philosopher Epictetus, who is quoted as saying, “If you wish to be a writer, write.“ For example, this blogger states, “If you want to be a writer, then all you have to do is write. That’s all there is to it, just start writing.” I think…
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The Reader’s Digest? Cool!
[Possibly NSFW because of the photo of Kim K.] I had just posted this joke on Twitter: Yes, sometimes I tweet jokes about Kim Kardashian’s butt. Which is one reason I was surprised when my friend Phil told me that he’d seen one of my tweets in the Reader’s Digest. He mailed me his copy…
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Seth Meyers Did Not Steal My Joke
Ideas get stolen in show business all the time but less often than you might think. I teach a class in comedy writing for late-night TV. A couple of nights ago I was giving my students some practice in turning newspaper articles into monologue jokes. Toward the end of the session I mentioned an article…