There are two MFA programs here at the University of Texas, and I read on the jury of both of them. And it's amazing to me how many really talented young writers seem to fear humor.
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Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
Too many writers get stuck in the trap of writing what they think is funny and not considering who they are writing it for.
Young writers take themselves very seriously in college.
I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.
I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.
I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting when there's an element of humor to it.
Humor writing is something that comes naturally to me.
I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable.
I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.
Humor writing requires a rhythm and timing, as well as some kind of connection to the reader, and I think that's how I tap into it.
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