Resources for Humor Writers

Here are some badass resources that I recommend for humor writers and aspiring humor writers.

Free Resources

• The Ultimate Humor Writing Cheat Sheet: A handy 14-page PDF of tips and tricks for writing and publishing short humor in places like The New Yorker, McSweeney's, and Slackjaw. 3,988 people have already downloaded the cheat sheet (more by the time you read this), and all of them are now rich and beautiful! Want to write humor? start here.

• Humor Writing Essays: I have a bunch of essays on the craft of humor writing, freely available here. You can also find all of my essays about writing generally, here.

• The Joke Writing Cheat Sheet: A simple PDF guide that helps you identify scores of jokes on any topic. From The Onion co-founder, and head of the How To Write Funny online university, Scott Dikkers. Grab the joke writing cheat sheet here.

• No Dikkering Around (Substack): “Creative tips, inspiration, and motivation in your inbox every morning.” Smart, daily comedy writing advice.
  

Paid Resources

• Scott Dikkers’s How To Write Funny — Scott is the founding editor of The Onion, was The Onion’s owner and editor-in-chief for much of the last quarter-century, and is the #1 New York Times best-selling (co-)author of Our Dumb Century and How to Write Funny. This is Scott’s signature course on comedy writing.

• Scott Dikkers’s Comedy Business School — How to make comedy writing your paying career. A deep, challenging course and curriculum for those looking to go pro, taught by arguably the best guy in the world to show you the ropes.