Social Writing

The glaring lights and colorful signs – buzzing with electricity – illuminate a sea of people hurrying down the streets of Shibuya. Vending machines sell ramen, bananas, umbrellas, soup stock – anything you can name, even beer. A deafening dissonance of whoops, wails and whirs emanate from the arcades in Akihabara. My first time inRead More ➔ "How to Make Friends on the Internet"

What can writers learn from comedians? When you see a polished Netflix special, you don’t see the 50 iterations that came before it. There’s a systematic way that comedians test jokes through different filters. What is their process, and how can writers integrate it to have battle tested ideas?