Category: Robb’s Rules
Robb’s Rules – The fundamentals of comedy writing from the humorhandbook.com.
Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4
William Shakespeare, Hamlet Write tight. It\’s tempting to stop here, as a hyperbolic statement of the value of brevity. The best humor sneaks up on you. Taking you on a path and then making a sudden turn, pushing you over the edge […]
Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3
Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night We know that fiction writers create their worlds by pretending to be something they’re not. But the reality is, at some point, all writers have to pretend. “Once upon a time” starts all of our stories, because writers […]
#HumorHandbook – Be Yourself – Robb\’s Rule #1
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) This is one of my favorite quotes by an amazing, and often-forgotten writer, Oscar Wilde. I believe many people know a Wilde Quote or two, but don\’t know much […]
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Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth (1909) I love writing because it is a chance to wrist-wrestle with my dreams. Often, I’ll wake up at 4 am with a bunch of crazy thoughts, and I have a choice. I can either jot […]