Creative Writing for Adults: Humor Writing

Creative Writing for Adults: Humor Writing

Workshop | This program is completed

Adults

1/19/2023 (one day)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM EDT on Th

$10.00

Member Discount Available

Bring your own peculiar sense of humor to this session to work on the craft of creative writing intended to entertain, get cheap laughs, or make us think differently about the world. We'll discuss humor of various genres—from farce to fake news, storytelling to satire, and workshop a few of the go-to devices for making readers laugh: exaggeration, puns, reversals, and the rule of three.


Joe McGonegal has taught writing to all ages for 20+ years and is currently a communications professional at MIT. As a journalist, Joe has written for WBUR, the Boston Globe, and The Patriot Ledger. His creative writing on grief and other topics has appeared in Two Hawks Quarterly, Saranac Review, Talking Writing, and McSweeneys Internet Tendency. Joe lives in Melrose with his wife, daughter, and shih-tzu.