Episode Details

Erik Deckers, author and humor columnist, joins the Business of Story Podcast to discuss how to improve your writing skills by adding humor, understanding three-act structure, and staying simple.

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In This Episode

• Why infusing your writing with humor will improve it
• How to break down comedic theory to make it accessible and useable
• Why you can absolutely can learn to be funny
• How stories are more approachable and more memorable with comedy
• Why some are hesitant to use humor in the workplace, but it is a misplaced fear
• How to absorb lessons from great fiction writers

Resources

• Erik Deckers
• Erik Deckers on Twitter, @edeckers
• Pro Blog Service
• Kerouac House Writer-in-Residence Program
• "The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human" by Jonathan Gottschall
• Fast Company Magazine
• hemingwayapp.com
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