All Humor Resources

Resources for Humor Writers

Here are some badass resources that I recommend for humor writers and aspiring humor writers.

The Ultimate Humor Writing Cheat Sheet: A handy 14-page PDF of tips and tricks for writing and publishing short humor in places like The New Yorker, McSweeney's, and Slackjaw. 3,988 people have already downloaded the cheat sheet (more by the time you read this), and all of them are now rich and beautiful! Want to write humor? start here.
Comedy Bizarre Substack: My publication about writing comedy. For those who want a little more bizarre in their creative life. This Substack has both a free and paid version. Obviously the paid version is better!
My Humor Writing Essays: Some essays on the craft of humor writing, freely available here. You can also find my essays about writing generally, here.
The Joke Writing Cheat Sheet: A simple PDF guide that helps you identify scores of jokes on any topic. From The Onion co-founder, and head of the How To Write Funny online university, Scott Dikkers. Grab the joke writing cheat sheet here.
No Dikkering Around (Substack): “Creative tips, inspiration, and motivation in your inbox every morning.” Smart, daily comedy writing advice.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Humor Piece —This eBook has everything I know about writing and publishing great humor and growing as a funny writer. It also has penguins in it. Check it out!
The Ultra Mega Huge List of Humor Writing Formats — A massive compendium of different formats for your humor, including examples. Inspiration on demand! I created this list with my comedian and copywriter friend, Lianna Patch.
Scott Dikkers’s How To Write Funny — Scott is the founding editor of The Onion, was The Onion’s owner and editor-in-chief for much of the last quarter-century, and is the #1 New York Times best-selling (co-)author of Our Dumb Century and How to Write Funny. This is Scott’s signature course on comedy writing.
Scott Dikkers’s Comedy Business School — How to make comedy writing your paying career. A deep, challenging course and curriculum for those looking to go pro, taught by arguably the best guy in the world to show you the ropes.