Category: humor

  • Fun With Lists…or Not Really…or Reading Like a Writer

    Wodehouse, I don’t think anyone will disagree, is a clever writer. There’s a dryish wit that feeds his prose. British, yes? Yes. When Wodehouse describes a regular situation (man falls off bike) he conveys all the normal information like: 1. If you’re not careful, you can fall off your bike. 2. Falling off the bike will hurt. 3. A…

  • Humorous Storytellers–I Love ‘Em

    Normally, I don’t do funny writing.  I’ve tried to do some funny writing (or, at least, mildly laughable writing) but with mixed results. But I really, really, really super-enjoy reading it. And, because I’ve tried funny writing, I know how good the people who  write it successfully really are. I mean, I love a good tear-jerker,…

  • The Influence and How It, Well, Influences

    My writers group, The Underground Writing Project, wrote what we call a ’round’ story. Basically, we each took turns writing a chapter and so on and so on until we reached the end. Lather, rinse, repeat. In a seemingly unrelated topic: literature classes bring up the question of influence and it  is always brought up in relation to…