Many memoirs-in-progress suffer from being too sad or plotless or seemingly irrelevant, and a quick fix is humor. People read nonfiction to spend time with the writer—so if you’re funny, readers will want to spend time with you. Editors will want to spend time with you. You’ll want to spend time with you. And you don’t have to be born with a sense of humor to be funny and to write funny. Funny is a skill like any other. Writers of every level can learn and memorize concrete ways to joke with confidence about yourself, your life, and your world. In this generative writing seminar, everyone will practice comedic tools with guided instruction to be funnier on the page and at parties.