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The team at Writers in the Storm follow their annual tradition and share one word each of them has chosen to guide them through the coming year.

Situational comedies have been around since ancient times. We've always needed a good laugh. Learn some tips to write a sitcom and how it evolved over time.

Verbal comedy, the art of comedic dialogue, uses a mix of many tools. Ellen Buikema shares several of them along with some helpful examples.

In physical comedy, an ancient form of expression, we experience the humanity in the vulnerability of our bodies and the strange movements and sounds we make.