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Scott Dikkers (How to Write Funny)
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Danielle Krage interviews Scott Dikkers, founder of the renowned humour site, The Onion. Scott is a New York Times and Amazon best-selling humour author. He has won a Peabody Award, the Thurber Prize for American Humor and over 30 Webby awards. Plus, he has consulted for top entertainment companies like NBC, Comedy Central, and Pixar.
Scott’s How to Write Funny series is packed with helpful insights and frameworks for getting humour onto the page. In this episode, he shares both craft and career advice for comedy writers.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:21 Building a Brand and the Importance of Stick-to-it-ness
04:18 Crafting Reliable and Repeatable Quality
08:31 Balancing the Clown and the Editor
12:39 The Importance of Titles and Introducing Comedy in Writing
22:36 Misconceptions about Writing Comedy
30:31 Favourite Types of Characters to Write
33:13 Satire and its Impact
36:00 Where to Find Scott Dikkers
Links
https://scottdikkers.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/ScottDikkers
https://www.instagram.com/itsscottdikkers
You can find the transcript at:
And Danielle’s socials here:
https://twitter.com/daniellekrage
https://www.instagram.com/dekrage
https://bsky.app/profile/daniellekrage.bsky.social
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Manage episode 400931596 series 3456126
Danielle Krage interviews Scott Dikkers, founder of the renowned humour site, The Onion. Scott is a New York Times and Amazon best-selling humour author. He has won a Peabody Award, the Thurber Prize for American Humor and over 30 Webby awards. Plus, he has consulted for top entertainment companies like NBC, Comedy Central, and Pixar.
Scott’s How to Write Funny series is packed with helpful insights and frameworks for getting humour onto the page. In this episode, he shares both craft and career advice for comedy writers.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:21 Building a Brand and the Importance of Stick-to-it-ness
04:18 Crafting Reliable and Repeatable Quality
08:31 Balancing the Clown and the Editor
12:39 The Importance of Titles and Introducing Comedy in Writing
22:36 Misconceptions about Writing Comedy
30:31 Favourite Types of Characters to Write
33:13 Satire and its Impact
36:00 Where to Find Scott Dikkers
Links
https://scottdikkers.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/ScottDikkers
https://www.instagram.com/itsscottdikkers
You can find the transcript at:
And Danielle’s socials here:
https://twitter.com/daniellekrage
https://www.instagram.com/dekrage
https://bsky.app/profile/daniellekrage.bsky.social
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