Your Medium story amuses me. I shall clap once.
You gave me “Four Habits I Must Adopt to Be More Productive.” That’s helpful. I clap once.
You explained, “How 3D Printed Houses Can Fight Climate Change.” Intriguing. I clap once.
You revealed, “The Six Things That Only Dogs Know About…
5 more advanced strategies to become a humor-writing machine
Hello again, humor writers. In Part 1 of How to Be a More Prolific Humor Writer, I outlined five interrelated strategies to increase your funny writing output. Think of Part 1 as the core of a humor writing productivity system.
Now, I’ll get into five more stand-alone strategies that will…
5 strategies to increase your funny writing output
Welcome, humor writers and aspiring ones. Do you want to increase your funny writing output? You’re in the right place.
(If you’re looking for general humor writing advice, I’ve done that elsewhere.)
Here, I’ll focus on five writing practices that have helped me write and publish more humor on Medium…
Dear Cookie,
If you are reading this, it means you are now a hugely successful artist, and your father and I are both dead. Our lawyer has sent this letter upon our passing.
It’s time we come clean about your “unusual” upbringing, Cookie.
Why did we smother you with our…
What in the fresh hell is all this stoic book shit that my ex-wife Sharon left on the coffee table? Let me take a look…
Put from you the belief that ‘I have been wronged’, and with it will go the feeling. Reject your sense of injury, and the injury…
Meal Planning
Sunday Morning: Today I will pre-plan a week’s worth of healthy, low-carb dinners. I declare this a clean-eating sanity week dedicated to the sumptuous salads of Spain and Italy!
Monday Night: What’s for dinner? I have no clue. I could make a bacon sandwich, I guess. Is there a pizza…
Hey fellow Writing Wizards! Joining the Wizard’s Write A Novel in A Week Challenge was freakin’ exhilarating. What a kick in the creative pants! I’m so glad I met you all here in the forums. Did anyone think this challenge was REALLY HARD? Ha ha!
But I’m delighted to say…
They call him Hot Bobby because he’s the bee’s knees. An impressive five-foot-nine, always rockin’ his signature blue leather jacket, mid-neck-length fashion mullet that’s dyed black as the night. Hot Bobby keeps himself in a certain shape, and he expects the same from his dates and, should they be so…
In the sequel, the explosions will be bigger, louder, and 35% more explodier.
There will be closer close-ups of Gal Gadot’s face. Especially when she quietly stares at a picture of her fiancé who died in the first alien war.
The aliens will be way scarier, and the CGI of…
A surefire guide to finding and building great new writers, incredible submissions, and a culture of craft
Writers love a challenge, and your publication can use this fact of human psychology to its advantage. Compare:
“Our wonderful Medium publication, Candy Land, accepts stories about chocolate, gumdrops, and Swedish Fish, and we hope you’ll submit a story someday! We’ll always be here, so see you whenever, candy heads!”
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Alex Baia
Humor writer, book junkie, optimist. Words in McSweeney’s, The New Yorker, Slackjaw. I’ll send you some treasure: hyoom.com/newsletter
