Writing Funny with Simon Taylor

Many people believe humor is a mystery, or something you’re born with. It isn’t: you can learn it, just as that one bear learned to love the taste of cocaine.

Whatever you write—in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—it’s good to know how to write funny. Bringing humor that works into your writing allows you to:

• Delight and connect more deeply with your readers.
• Write authentically funny characters, dialogue, and situations.
• Transmit the joy and the juxtapositions of life, even in deeply serious pieces.

Learn how to make people laugh in this 2-part Zoom workshop with Tonight Show writer Simon Taylor. Join writers of all genres, workshop your comedy writing with Simon, and see in real time the art and craft of humor writing.

“Simon is one of the top comedy writers out there.”
—Jay Leno

Get Free Access to the Writing Funny Self-Guided Course

Enrollment in this workshop also gets you free lifetime access to Simon’s self-guided course Writing Funny: Comedy Writing Workshop (an $89 value!).

In Writing Funny, Simon walks students through the elements of humor writing, from the construction of a joke to the different formulas, styles, and opportunities available to the budding humorist. Students of this course will be able to compare their homework and notes with Simon’s thinking over Zoom. 

Here’s what current Writing Funny students have to say:

“Simon is an excellent teacher. Easy-going and approachable (even in recordings), and able to communicate his complicated expertise clearly and concisely. He breaks down humor writing to a greater degree than the craft books or other instructors I’ve encountered and shows writers (of all stripes) how to do the same.”
—Ann Jacobus Kordahl

“Simon Taylor is not just extraordinarily funny, he is truly generous. He provided exceptional feedback on each homework assignment. The course exceeded my highest expectations. Truly game-changing for my fiction writing!”
—Dorothy Sewell

Learning and Writing Goals

In these live workshops, you will:

• Learn how to use different formulas for comedy writing success. 
• Explore how you can use comedy writing as an effective means of communication in any genre. 
• Workshop your humor writing live with Simon. 

Don’t miss your chance to workshop your comedy writing with a successful comedian! 

About the Author

Simon Taylor is a Melbourne-born comedian, who by the age of 24 became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Since then he has appeared on Just for Laughs, and became the first ever Australian to perform stand-up on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

He has also written a number of books including the novel One-Night Stand, which received critical praise for its humor and heart.