The Academy

Freshness

The same topic as everyone else. An angle nobody has heard.

1. Lesson 1The cliché graveyardName the three obvious jokes on your topic before writing, so you can aim past them.
2. Lesson 2Angle beats targetYou will be able to shift the vantage point of a tired target into a new angle that scores.
3. Lesson 3Material only you haveCapture one specific detail from your day and build a joke that turns on it.
4. Lesson 4Write twenty, keep oneGenerate twenty angles on a topic, cut nineteen, and submit the one that surprised you.