3 Tips for Writing with Humor
© 2025 Glenda Ferguson Even if you're not a stand-up comic or don’t possess the natural gift of wit, you can write with humor. Think of the process as if…
The Syndrome Writers Seek to Hide
© 2025 Susan Fink My faith prompts me to be honest even if it means personal embarrassment. When it comes to writing, I repeatedly experience a specific syndrome. Only my…
Leave ’em Laughing!
© © 2023 Amy Hughes Hinerman2023 Amy Hughes Hinerman Copywriting is always changing with our culture. Nowadays, people are inundated with media and have the attention spans of gnats. To…
A Buzzkill’s Guide to Writing Humor
© 2019 Connie Kuykendall So, you want to write comedy, but you’re a teensy bit of a sour, dour, stick-in-the-mud? Take heart, curmudgeon! You don’t have to be as funny…
The Serious Side of Silly
© 2017 James N. Watkins Several major universities have conducted serious studies of humor. (A serious study of humor sounds like an oxymoron: jumbo shrimp, government intelligence and legally drunk!)…
Humor from GOZ
© 2016 Jeanie Jacobson Many writers experience a middle-of-the-night phenomenon. Sleep deprivation kicks in and transports them to the land of GOZ, the Giggly Overtired Zone. This becomes especially prevalent…
Humor in Fiction
© 2013 Sandra Balzo When I sat down to write my first Maggy Thorsen coffee mystery, Uncommon Grounds, I didn't intend it to be humorous. Why I didn't realize that having…
Wild Apostrophes
© 2012 JoAnn Reno Wray I haven’t read articles in the newspaper, seen Internet stories, nor heard it reported by TV newscasters, but I’m convinced a large herd of wild…
Writing with Banana Peels
© 2009 James Watkins The secret to writing humor is to look at life from a perspective of about 17 degrees off center. So, I find myself asking “what if”…