WRITING COMEDY: Punching Up Your Story with Punchlines and Premises
Jun 02, 2025
Online event
We’ve all heard that comedy is king when it comes to kidlit, but how do you make a story funny when you’re not a natural comedian? Veteran comedy writer John Briggs walks you through key tricks of the trade, including identifying styles, crafting characters, and drafting punchlines so that you, too, can find the funny in your work.
WRITING COMEDY: Punching Up Your Story with Punchlines and Premises
with John Briggs
Jun 02, 2025
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM (EDT)
Meet John Briggs
John Briggs spent more than two decades as a stand-up comic writing material for TV, radio, and the stage. He has written several joke books for young readers, edited several more for adults, and knows that children during school visits and drunks in comedy clubs have the same attention span.