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Conference Videos Moved To YouTube
If you missed our conference, you can still see the presentations and discussions on YouTube. If you’ve paid for the coneference, then the access will be free. Otherwise, you may contact us for the links and pricing information. Paid attendees should have received a notice with information on how to access the recorded sessions. If you didn’t get such an email, and many of our CrowdCast emails…
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#Travel Disasters Can Make Funny Stories
Dave Fox shares tips in TF21 about how to take your misadventures and craft them into stories you can sell. 
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Another Free Option - Our Discord Server
We’re setting up shop on Discord, so writers can have themed/threaded discussions on various topics and even step into private areas. Discord allows for file sharing and live conferences. We’ll be doing those, too. Check it out. It’s small, but help us recruit and grow. The only requirement is that you are interested in writing, want to get better, and willing to help others make progress. 🙂
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TF21 - Comedy Bible author Judy Carter & standups panel
Join a panel of experienced stand-up comics as they discuss their techniques and the business of stand-up.
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Mike Stepanovich - #Wine #Columnist
Mike was one of our ThinkingFunny 23 panelists, and recaps how he got his start writing a weekly column on wine focusing on the people who make it and how best to enjoy it. You can see the video session of Mike and his fellow panelists on Crowdcast, or hang around and view it later this year when it is released on Patreon to our regular supporters. Mike was gracious enough to respond to follow-up…
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Who Are Your Favorite Humorists & Comedians
Hello all We’re planning our interview schedule for the coming months, and we’d love to know who you most admire, especially up-and-coming or under-appreciated writers and performers. Use this link, please, to make suggestions on our website. We’ll see if we can wrangle and interview and ask these folks some fan-questions. 🙂 Thanks. Robb Lightfoot
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Making Money With Your Blog - Or Hopping On The Digital Treadmill Of Doom
This article assumes you know what a blog is, and how to operate a keyboard and click a mouse. It also assumes you’re eager to become fantastically wealthy by starting your own blog-based-business spending little or no money. I guess it also assumes you own, can borrow, or, ah “find” a computer somewhere. That last bit is on you. Sure, there are still libraries that will let you use their…
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But It Worked Yesterday! My #substack newletter
Unpleasant truth: Your phone, computer, or your car was OK when you last looked, but something went sideways in dead of night. Now they’re just paperweights, conversation pieces, or a driveway ornaments. And the warranties? Damn, they expired yesterday. What went wrong? Good news. Probably not your fault. Bad news. May not be able to fix ‘em. At least not without cracking something open, like…
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Join Our #WritingCommunity - Options
In addition to our conferences, workshops, and retreats, we’re offering venues for writers to meet and collaborate. Here are some options. First up, there is a forum here on this site that you can use to ask questions or offer help to others. This is a public forum, mostly. It does have private areas. These require you to create an account here and log in. This is the link to the forum. We also…
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More #Column #Writing Tips from Mike on Patreon
Swing by our Patreon page for Mike Stepanovich’s follow-up advice on starting and writing a recurring column. Mike has more than 30 years experience writing about a topic he loves, wine. It’s more than just the taste and pairing, Mike was wise enough to write about the people who take the plunge to become wine makers and the challenges and rewards they encounter. Here’s the link to his follow-up…
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John Vorhaus - TF21 - Creating Comic Characters
John Vorhaus offers specific, actionable advice in this 55-minutes session. Keynote speech from ThinkingFunny 2021 for our Patreon subscribers.
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Advice From #Agents - #TF21
Our first agent’s panel, with helpful advice for all forms of writing, including humor. Available on our Patreon page. 🙂 Enjoy
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Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won't See In DC
Since you just found out that you are going to a DC conference in place of your suddenly-ill colleague, here’s how you and your family can make the most of your two-day trip to our nation’s capital.Things most people want to do in Washington DC but you can’t.1. Visit the Library of CongressNot going to happen. It’s not open during your two free hours on Monday, the one day held aside so that the…
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Anne Janzer Humor For Serious Subjects
Humor is helpfu, even when you’re not shooting for non-stop laughter. Anne Janzer takes us through the process of seeing how humor can help your nonfiction work to shine and stand out.
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#Humor - My Domain Name Addiction
Some people are addicted to booze, others to sex, and then there are those who have risked it all with their bookie on fantasy football or their March-madness pool. I only wish I had one of those addictions. I’m hooked on something not covered by health-plans, support groups, or big-buck, non-profit charities. Hello. My name is Robb, and I’m a domain-name junkie.  I can’t tell you exactly how…
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#HumorHandbook Project on Medium and Facebook
You can be a part of the conversation and the development of the humor handbook. It’s a long-considered project of setting down my thoughts on comedy and a key take-aways from more than 40 years of studying and practicing humor-writing and comedy. Here’s where you can follow my progress on Medium, and then Facebook, as well as Twitter, @humorhandbook. Whatever works for you, I’d love to hear…
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#Humor in #Animation - Learn How Two #Artists #Create Their #Visual Magic
Listen in on a 90-minute conversation between Dave Masters and his former student, John Rameriz. John has worked for Disney animation and branched out into other creative endeavors, such as desiging an animated parade float and a theme-park experience. He takes us through the process of imagining, collaborating, and executing these projects.  John also demonstrates his creative drawing process by…
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