Student Quotes

This was the most generous, insightful, funny, supportive, validating instructor I've ever had. Not only did his course inspire me to write, and keep writing, it ultimately convinced me that I'm a writer.

I learned myriad of techniques to infuse humor into my writing.

This course increased my knowledge of the principles on which humor is based and gave me a host of resources from which to learn more.

Fun!

A wonderful forum to share and workshop humor writing.

I’ve never improved or learned so much in such a short time.

This is a great course for anyone wishing to create some unique and promising humor pieces.

I was able to look at humor writing from several different angles that I had not thought of previously.

The most fun I've ever had in a writing class, and I've taken many.

Life-changing. Really. I am amazed at how many skills I walked away with. I feel like my dreams of making it as a humor writer are about to come to life!

The difference between this and classic “school” is that everyone wants to be there, and everyone wants to like each other and give each other a chance, which can make for a hell of a rewarding class.

Enough pieces of information per week to build a comedy writing arsenal.

This is an almost perfect forum for a writing class. The logistics and design exceeded my expectations by a factor of thousands.

This course helped me see past the joke and look at various styles of humor.

A great self-journey that just happens to be taken with strangers who become friends and confidants.

The Humor course is a perfect balance of challenge and fun. You get exposed to a wide variety of humor styles both in the excerpts of well-known authors presented in the lectures, as well as the styles of your fellow classmates.

A structured approach to breaking down humor writing to its basics so you know how to build it yourself.

Having so many humor principles and techniques laid out in front of me gave me a broad palette I could play around with.

Learned a lot about writing while laughing very hard.

A great way to get in touch with what’s funny.