An award-deserving newsletter about turning tragedy into comedy--with monthly generative writing sessions for paid subscribers and my crushes.
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"You Had to Be There": Writing Scenes in Nonfiction
If you've ever said "You had to be there" or "It was funny at the time," then take us there, to that time.
Once more, with feeling, The Most Fucked-Up Shit That’s Ever Happened to Me or Anyone doesn’t have to be your memoir.
Begin Writing a Memoir at Any Age
This month’s writing session will be about writing memoir, and it will kick off a series on memoir that will go through July, at least.
This weekend, on Sunday, from 4-5:30pm ET, we’ll talk about the hardest part of writing anything: start...
Marry/Boink/Kill Your Darlings
The writing session recap and recording, plus a list of useless words to cut from your writing right now
There are some universally acknowledged truths about writing. Writing is revising. Writing is rewriting. Writing is reading. Writing i...
To Be Cringe Is to Be Free
The recording and the recap for Going Crazy and Writing Vulnerably
To quote the youth: “To be cringe is to be free.”
Going Crazy and Writing Vulnerably
This Saturday, April 4th, 3-4:30pm ET (live and recorded), we’ll Go Crazy and Write Vulnerably.
Sure, it can feel awkward to write about your nightmare thoughts and gross feelings. This is writing vulnerably.
Being vulnerable in your wr...
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Author of HYSTERICAL, a semifinalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor / Co-author of INSIDE JOKES: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers (2026) / Humor writing teacher / Virgo
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