How To Write Your Memoir

If you plan to write a memoir, STOP! You may think detailing your life will be a cinch. After all, you know the main character well and the major scenes have already been structured by Fate. A memoir is more than a string of anecdotes, polemic and flimsy justifications for misbehaviour. A memoir is a…

Gag Types: The Inescapable Conclusion

What do the following pieces of comic dialogue have in common? 1. ALLAN: What are you doing Saturday night? MUSEUM GIRL: Committing suicide. ALLAN: What about Friday night? (‘Play It Again, Sam‘) 2. KIM: I’m not a size 16, Mum. I’m a size 10. KATH: Country Road’s size 10.    (‘Kath & Kim‘) 3. LUCILLE:…