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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Q4 comedy classes are up!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!

Q4 Comedy Classes

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Only ’90s Kids Will Understand This Dead Language Found Scrawled in Blood on the Wall of a Taco Bell Bathroom

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 7

"Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carved the names of dead gods into your Trapper Keeper. IT knows your flesh, your sins, your AOL user ID."

Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carve...

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Jul 3

Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:

When the Sun Wants to Kill You

Recommendations from a sweaty, pale soldier in the Sun Wars

When the Sun Wants to Kill You

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Jul 3

Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:

Recommendations from a sweaty, pale soldier in the Sun Wars

Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas Generative Class | WritingWorkshops.com

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!

Satirist, author, and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program Caitlin Kunkel will break down the basics of comedic writing.

Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas Generative Class | WritingWorkshops.com

Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!

Satirist, author, and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program Caitlin Kunkel will break down the basics of comedic writing.

Writing is a Game of Attrition

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james tom @jamestomxo.bsky.social · Jun 8

"I asked chatgpt"
I confided in amazon
I confessed to mcdonald's
I have an inside joke with exxon mobil

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 27

I interviewed my friend and feedback partner @lauraleffler.bsky.social, because today is publication day for her debut novel, TELL THEM YOU LIED! We talk about her timeline to publication, how to not quit, and what to look for in a writing group. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Tell-Them-Li...

On not giving up with novelist Laura Leffler

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · May 22

Come on in, the water's fine.

Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back today!
Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 21

Any writers I know qualify for this? substack.com/profile/4136...

Wondering if any Substack writers can help me out here—I’m searching a for very specific type of writing from the late 90’s through early 2000’s. Did you ever write fanfic or diary entries imagining ...

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 19

lol honestly I think Eric Idle would be amazing!!

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · May 14

you guys are on the fast track to having to write your papers in the classroom using only printed out primary sources

Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · May 14

This is bleak reading

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 12

Saturday! And I’ll send out the recording and slides after if you can’t attend live.

Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.

How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com

Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.

Do You Want to be Stupid?

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 7

I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:

Stop using ChatGPT to think your thoughts for you.

Do You Want to be Stupid?

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · May 8

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 8

perfect tip from @lauraolin.bsky.social: "I saw someone share that you can simply cut off the top of a bag of chips you’re well on the way to finishing so that your hand has less bag to travel through to access the last of the chips...we may live in hell but at least there’s chips, and chip tips?"

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 7

I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:

Stop using ChatGPT to think your thoughts for you.

How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · May 6

This was easily my favorite ARC I got to read this year. @caseyjohnston.bsky.social combines her personal story with the history of weightlifting, science writing, research, and so much more. I started strength training again after reading it, I was so inspired!

Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · May 6

Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.

Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.

Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.

How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com

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Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.

Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.

Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.