I belong to the Nashville Writers Meet Up Group. There are Meetup groups for everything all over the country. There is a photography Meetup and singles Meetups and Meetups for people who like sushi. The writers Meetups are free, (I think they all are) and meet at the Borders downtown. I'm fortunate in that the Nashville Writer's Meetup is one of the largest writer's Meetups in the country. Under the Nashville Writer's Meetup is a novelist group, a fiction and a non fiction group, mystery writers group, a science fiction writers group, memoirs, screenplay, and of course songwriters group, a grammar one a "craft of writing", and more.
Everyone is encouraged to bring something they are working on. Copies are handed out to all at the group You read yours aloud with all following along and then everyone provides feedback. I find their critiques worth more to me than gold. I take my copies home, where everyone has added notes and make modifications to my draft. I've been busy since my Saturday afternoon group making some positive changes to my work. It's a great way to preview for laughs too. If any of my humor lines fall flat at least I don't get heckled.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
funny paper
My book is a mystery with humor, but what if I'm not feeling humorous?
I'm certain stand up comics don't feel funny every day, nor does Conan or Jay or David but they go out there and do it. How?
What if you're feeling blue? How do you make other people laugh?
I bought a funny book. That made me depressed because she was funnier than me.
I watched a funny show on TV but as soon as it was over, so were the laughs. I need to install a laugh track on my computer.
I wrote all day anyway.
What I noticed was, the more I wrote, the more I liked it.
I cheered myself up.
So is that what comics do? Even though I imagine most of them to be morose or troubled most of the time, the mere act of acting funny makes them BE funny. At least I'm guessing so. I don't know any comics personally.
So here's a joke for you, (is anyone even reading this? I can't think about that, I"ll depress myself.) in time for St Patrick's Day
Mick and Paddy are reading head stones at a nearby cemetery. Mick say "Crikey! There's a bloke here who was 152!"
Paddy says "What's his name ?"
Mick replies "Miles, from London!"
I'm certain stand up comics don't feel funny every day, nor does Conan or Jay or David but they go out there and do it. How?
What if you're feeling blue? How do you make other people laugh?
I bought a funny book. That made me depressed because she was funnier than me.
I watched a funny show on TV but as soon as it was over, so were the laughs. I need to install a laugh track on my computer.
I wrote all day anyway.
What I noticed was, the more I wrote, the more I liked it.
I cheered myself up.
So is that what comics do? Even though I imagine most of them to be morose or troubled most of the time, the mere act of acting funny makes them BE funny. At least I'm guessing so. I don't know any comics personally.
So here's a joke for you, (is anyone even reading this? I can't think about that, I"ll depress myself.) in time for St Patrick's Day
Mick and Paddy are reading head stones at a nearby cemetery. Mick say "Crikey! There's a bloke here who was 152!"
Paddy says "What's his name ?"
Mick replies "Miles, from London!"
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