The Structure of a Joke By Good Comedian
The good comedian builds a joke up carefully: all the necessary details appear one by one (and sometimes some unnecessary details too, partly to distract the listeners from predicting the…
The good comedian builds a joke up carefully: all the necessary details appear one by one (and sometimes some unnecessary details too, partly to distract the listeners from predicting the…
Here are some familiar nursery rhymes in an unfamiliar guise – as if composed by a poet who lacked the patience to structure his ideas properly before committing them to…
A writer’s plan or outline is in some ways like a traveller’s itinerary. Follow the instructions, and you will produce a well-ordered document, just as the traveller will catch his…
For some lucky creative writers, planning apparently takes place subconsciously. The poem or play or story seems to present itself fully formed to the writer’s mind, in a dream or…