Orlando Word Lab

This is a writing workshop that will focus on learning a new technique or method each month. A guest speaker will share a sample of their work and then give a writing prompt for everyone to follow.

We'll all write for 30 minutes, and then share our work with others, and receive helpful suggestions about what to improve. Bring your laptops, tablets, or notebook and pen, and a willingness to learn.

This month, we're meeting on the 19th because of a scheduling conflict with the Winter Park Public Library.

Erik Deckers will share his 10 Professional Humor Writing Secrets.

Many writers don't realize there is actually a formula to humor writing, and so they don't attempt it. But all the jokes you hear on TV or read in books or in newspaper columns follow some part of the formula, and everyone had to learn it.

Long-time humor writer Erik Deckers will teach you how to crack the humor formula. He'll share secrets to finding humor in almost every situation (including the ones you're not supposed to), and the techniques professionals use to "write funny" without resorting to tired clichés and stereotypes.

Erik Deckers is the co-author of Branding Yourself, No Bullshit Social Media, and The Owned Media Doctrine. He published his first humor novel, Mackinac Island Nation, in 2019. He has been blogging since 1997, and a newspaper humor columnist since 1994. Erik was the Spring 2016 writer-in-residence at the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, FL, and now serves on their board of directors.

You can join this meeting via Zoom, too. Just register at https://bit.ly/WOCF101922.