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To Be, or Not to Be…That Is Two Questions: or, 7 Tips to Write Funny Headlines (On Humor)

Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven tips to write funny headlines that will pull readers in to your articles.

Karim Shamsi-Basha

How One Nonsense Word Helps Me Craft Better Character-Based Suspense Nat Cassidy

10 Things I’ve Learned About Writing From Being a Stand-Up Comic and in the Writer’s Room of Emmy Award-Winning TV Shows Matt Goldman

6 Tips for Writing a Dark Comedy Carol LaHines

Tickling Funny Bones: 14 Tips for Crafting Humor in Children’s Books Sabrina Moyle

Humor in YA Fiction: A Serious Post Christine Webb

Funny Isn’t the Opposite of Sexy Betty Corrello

The First Laugh Jorjeana Marie

From the Heart Jeff Somers

How to Bring the Funny: From Second City Classes to Novel Writing Melodie Edwards

5 Tips for Incorporating Humor Into Your Poetry Diego Báez

Turning the Page Into a Canvas Mark Shatz

Combining Genres to Keep Readers Guessing: A Chat with Rob Hart The Editors of Writer's Digest

Finding Humor Inside the Horror Roshani Chokshi

My Approach to Combining Romance and Comedy With Vampires Jenna Levine

Finding the Sweet Spot for Funny: Writing Humor for Middle-Grade Readers Jake Wheeler

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