Idea Generator

Humor Writing Workshop

taught by Jiji Lee

November 15, 2-4 pm EST

On ZOOM

Coming up with an idea for a humor piece is like throwing spaghetti at a wall. But this workshop will be a lot more fun and only slightly less messy!

Here’s what to expect in this two-hour workshop:

  • Through in-class writing exercises, you will generate ideas for humor pieces that you can submit to places like McSweeney’s and The New Yorker’s Shouts and Murmurs. 

  • Workshop your ideas and get feedback and joke pitches from the instructor and class. 

  • Leave with brainstorming strategies and at least one new idea for a humor piece!

I’ll also share my favorite ways to find inspiration and get new ideas for humor pieces.

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A little about your teacher:

JiJi Lee has been contributing humor to The New Yorker since 2017. She’s also written for McSweeney’s, The Onion, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Her work was included in The New Yorker’s roundup of their most popular pieces and in the humor anthology Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something: Twenty-One Years of Humor From McSweeney's Internet Tendency.