No Dikkering Around

No Dikkering Around

Getting Inspired

Part 24—"how to write a funny prose piece"

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Scott Dikkers
Sep 30, 2025
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Okay

It’s been 30 days.

During that time I laid out 30 day’s worth of my best tips about writing short prose humor.

About a month ago I said I’d focus on one discipline for 30 days, and that was the first.

To wrap up short prose humor, I want to encourage you to...

Believe

It’s easy to look at the greats and disparage, to think you could never work as hard as…

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