Less is Not More

Part 2 of 30—September is "how to write a funny prose piece" month

photo: Alan Kotok

The Masterpiece Myth

You have a perfect joke idea, a lightning bolt of brilliance. You think, “This is it. This is the one.” You sit down to write, but it comes out flat. Why?

You’re deluded. You believe “being inspired” is how great writing happens. It’s not. No one sits down and creates a masterpiece on command.

Creating a hilarious “I w…