I'm working on a story about two older friends where one has a gay awakening after they are skunked and share a tomato juice bath. I can imagine...
So last night Mrs. A and I stumbled drunkenly into a 7-11 in search of snacks and more booze. Among the things that I grabbed was the last pack of...
OK, this is an old one, but McSweeney's just retweeted this Poetry FAQ and I read it for the first time, so it's new to me! Felt like sharing it...
Yesterday I stumbled over a short story by Clark Ashton Smith titled "The Seven Geases". You can listen to a very nice audio recording here:...
Hello, I'm new here. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any magazines that are interested in publishing comic fantasy short stories (humorous...
In honor of the approaching fall, McSweeney's just posted the original email chain discussing their most popular piece, "It's Decorative Gourd...
How do you use humour to break the tension during serious scenes? I'm nearing the end of my current project - an action-comedy novel in a fantasy...
If one was writing a memoir of their own life and it was intended to be finished when they die, could it be considered humorous to wish upon the...
Hello, so I've come upon some very annoying problem. When I write story in first person I can write humor very easily: it's usually sarcastic...
I am here to improve my writing for my audience and share my writing with you all. I hope to develop some constructive relationships with the...
I saw this and could not resist! I had to share. ^ ^ If you have a humorous prompt or found you just could not leave behind share it here! If you...
I'm working on a story that I've had a friend help proofread for a few months. The main elements are meant to be serious. However, in my...
I never knew Twitter could be so much fun. https://twitter.com/broodingYAhero I can't stop laughing. :superlaugh:
Do any of you know of any good jokes about writers? I thought it might be fun for us to read a few. At least for those of us who enjoy some...
I keep seeing threads (and messages) on here about how people put together long lists of agents to query, but after doing a search on...
why have I never heard of this before? http://the-toast.net/tag/how-to-tell-what-novel-youre-in/
Basically I find I can't write anything without putting in twangs of humor. I wonder if it gets in the way of my main plot line. Is humor a bad...
Saying hi - just arrived Will get to know the place as i go along Im a designer, illustrator, site builder, do small bits of writing too. A...
Or shy. Hello, People of Cyberspace! I come in peace! I mean you no harm! I will now cease with this format, of excessive exclamation marks. In...
I want to write a story that starts as slice-of-life humor (think Daria) that later genre shifts into a SF thriller. Thing is I don't quite know...
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