Humour yourselves
Here’s a test for you: go to the bookstore (the big one, not Labyrinth) and see how many “How to … Write!” books you can find. Then go and check out — hey, what’s that? More writing books!
Do we really need so many books on how to write? While writers and wannabes love to give advice (e.g.: X writes for The New Yorker — total, 2 articles — and has written six books on how to get published), it remains difficult for the reader to separate the wheat from the chaff.
So when you glance at “And Here’s The Kicker,” a book that advertises itself as a helping hand for humour writers, ...