Trouble is, most people are pretty nice, and cruelty can make them turn on you, or even worse, ignore you.
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“Paint a funny picture with your words, but leave out any details that don’t serve the humor.” Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert.
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1. Focus: Write about what makes you laugh. It’s a good way to spark your creativity. Pompous asses? Rude and crude people? Those often wrong, but never in doubt? Those with un-earned self confidence? Reformed smokers? New dieters? Make a list and update it often. It will be a long one. 2. Write hot; rewrite [...]
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One of the dullest attempts at humor is often a detailed account of an amusing family event. While it may have had the family in stitches when it happened (and every time it’s told at family gatherings), without a lot of work it’s apt to bomb with your reader. When you don’t’ get a laugh [...]
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Schimmel knows the horror of being diagnosed with cancer, and the trauma of chemo therapy.
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