“Work” is a four-letter word that sounds like drudgery, strain, and pain—something we might want to avoid if we could. To keep writing from becoming work, we need to add a little fun, like whistling or singing a happy tune.
What humor or unexpected twist might make our stories interesting? Have fun with that. Make it a game.
Here are a few questions that might tickle your funny bone. Hover over the question for the answer.
- When is a story like a broken pencil?
- What do you call Santa’s elves?
- Why do words and punctuation end up in court?
- What building has the most stories?
- What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
- How are cats different from commas?
- What happened when the past, present, and future walked into a bar?
- Which dinosaur knows the most synonyms?
- When do writers shiver from the cold?
- Why should writers avoid meter and rhyme?
- What does one library book say to the other?
- How do library books see themselves?
- What did Brontë do after finishing her novel?
