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The last word changes everything.

Tonight’s DC Comedy Writers session explores how a single ending can flip the meaning of an entire sentence, then become the beginning of the next joke.

🪦 Theme: The Last Word

🕣 Monday nights • 8:30 PM Eastern
💻 Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#DCComedyWriters #DC_Comedy_Writers #ComedyWriting #StandUpComedy #WritingCommunity #journalism

The last word changes everything.

Tonight’s DC Comedy Writers session explores how a single ending can flip the meaning of an entire sentence, then become the beginning of the next joke.

🪦 Theme: The Last Word

🕣 Monday nights • 8:30 PM Eastern
💻 Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#DCComedyWriters #DC_Comedy_Writers #ComedyWriting #StandUpComedy #WritingCommunity #journalism

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Things are so expensive now, Costco has gone formal.

Tonight’s DC Comedy Writers session is Location, Location, Location.

We’ll explore the unreasonable trust we place in complete strangers, then build jokes by breaking the assumptions we make about familiar places.

Monday • 8:30 PM Eastern

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#Comedy #ComedyWriting #Standup #DCComedy #DMVComedy #journalism

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Things are so expensive now, Costco has gone formal.

Tonight’s DC Comedy Writers session is Location, Location, Location.

We’ll explore the unreasonable trust we place in complete strangers, then build jokes by breaking the assumptions we make about familiar places.

Monday • 8:30 PM Eastern

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#Comedy #ComedyWriting #Standup #DCComedy #DMVComedy #journalism

Join us Monday night at DC Comedy Writers’ Group.

Theme: Malpractice

Icebreaker:
Worst Things You Could Hear From a Surgeon

Five-Minute Exercise:
Rejected Medical Advice

8:30 PM Eastern
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#ComedyWriting #Comedy #WritingCommunity #StandUpComedy #WashingtonDC #DMVWriters

Join us Monday night at DC Comedy Writers’ Group.

Theme: Malpractice

Icebreaker:
Worst Things You Could Hear From a Surgeon

Five-Minute Exercise:
Rejected Medical Advice

8:30 PM Eastern
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#ComedyWriting #Comedy #WritingCommunity #StandUpComedy #WashingtonDC #DMVWriters

DC Comedy Writers meets tonight.

Theme: 📊 Lies, Statistics & Polls.

We’ll be writing fake surveys, dubious research findings, suspicious focus groups, and polling results that sound almost believable.

Monday • 8:30 PM Eastern

Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#ComedyWriting #StandupComedy #Humor #Satire #Journalism #WritingCommunity #WashingtonDC #DMVComedy #Maryland #Virginia

DC Comedy Writers meets tonight.

Theme: 📊 Lies, Statistics & Polls.

We’ll be writing fake surveys, dubious research findings, suspicious focus groups, and polling results that sound almost believable.

Monday • 8:30 PM Eastern

Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#ComedyWriting #StandupComedy #Humor #Satire #Journalism #WritingCommunity #WashingtonDC #DMVComedy #Maryland #Virginia

You are hereby summoned before the DC Comedy Writers Group.

This week’s prompts involve:
- petty grievances
- over-explanations
- public hearings for household objects
- suspiciously defensive bathroom scales

Monday, May 11
8:30 PM ET
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#ComedyWriting #WritersGroup #DCComedyWriters

DC Comedy Writers: Accidental Utopia
Monday at 8:30 PM ET on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

This week’s theme is Accidental Utopia.

Icebreaker:
React with surprise to a simple object working as it should.

Exercise:
Take something that almost always fails, or is usually badly designed, and imagine a utopian version of it.

#DCComedyWriters #ComedyWriting #StandUpWriting #JokeWriting #Satire #WritersGroup #ZoomComedy

DC Comedy Writers Group: Core Competence exercises on
Zoom with us on Monday nights. 8:30 PM Tonight FB link https://fb.me/e/7ztEeT8Ki

Rescuing a dog from a burning building? Selflessness. Picking up your own dog’s crap? Civilized, not Sainthood.

I don’t trust people who say “no worries.” That’s what you say when there are several worries.

#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

DC Comedy Writers Group: Core Competence exercises on
Zoom with us on Monday nights. 8:30 PM Tonight FB link https://fb.me/e/7ztEeT8Ki

Rescuing a dog from a burning building? Selflessness. Picking up your own dog’s crap? Civilized, not Sainthood.

I don’t trust people who say “no worries.” That’s what you say when there are several worries.

#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

Every Monday. 8:30 PM. Something's Off. Examples:
My best friend supports me in a witness-protection sort of way.
I love a quiet restaurant, especially one where the staff seems regularly threatened.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#comedy #comedywriters #comedywriting #StandupComedy #WashingtonDC #DistrictofColumbia

Every Monday. 8:30 PM. Something's Off. Examples:
My best friend supports me in a witness-protection sort of way.
I love a quiet restaurant, especially one where the staff seems regularly threatened.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#comedy #comedywriters #comedywriting #StandupComedy #WashingtonDC #DistrictofColumbia

Here are the details and the exercises! We meet every Monday night at 8:30 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1LVjUepghy/
#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#signalboost
#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

Shutdown could be over soon. Get off you futon and dance. Better write some jokes now. Exercises and the link are in the images. 
FB/Insta/threads @DCComedyWriters 
@dccomedywriters.bsky.social
@DCComedyWriters



#signalboost
#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#signalboost
#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia

#humor

#comedy #comedywriters #comedywriting #StandupComedy #Standup #DMVComedy #DCComedy #DCStandup #WashingtonDC #DistrictofColumbia #humor

#signalboost

Quantity Wins

…
https://writingcooperative.com/quantity-wins-e6ae207655d

#comedywriting #writing #quantity #creativity #quality
@indieauthors

Quantity Wins

…
https://writingcooperative.com/quantity-wins-e6ae207655d

#comedywriting #writing #quantity #creativity #quality
@indieauthors

The Twisted Comedic Genius of the Movie “Office Space”

And what it can teach us about writing characters. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/the-twisted-comedic-genius-of-the-movie-office-space-61b611bebda

#comedywriting #writingtips #officespace #characterdevelopment #character
@indieauthors

The Twisted Comedic Genius of the Movie “Office Space”

And what it can teach us about writing characters. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/the-twisted-comedic-genius-of-the-movie-office-space-61b611bebda

#comedywriting #writingtips #officespace #characterdevelopment #character
@indieauthors

Why Comedy Writers Need Writing Groups

Comedy writers who lack peer feedback will suffer huge, lifelong disadvantages. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/why-comedy-writers-need-writing-groups-1ded7677e78

#feedback #comedywriting #writinglife #writing #writinggroups
@indieauthors

Why Comedy Writers Need Writing Groups

Comedy writers who lack peer feedback will suffer huge, lifelong disadvantages. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
https://writingcooperative.com/why-comedy-writers-need-writing-groups-1ded7677e78

#feedback #comedywriting #writinglife #writing #writinggroups
@indieauthors

How Learning to Write Funny Improved All of My Writing by LA Bourgeois

LA Bourgeois shares how learning to write funny improved all her writing! Try cracking a joke in your next piece…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2025/03/28/how-learning-to-write-funny-improved-all-of-my-writing-by-la-bourgeois

#WritingTips #comedy #comedywriting #humor #LABourgeois
@indieauthors

How Learning to Write Funny Improved All of My Writing by LA Bourgeois

LA Bourgeois shares how learning to write funny improved all her writing! Try cracking a joke in your next piece…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2025/03/28/how-learning-to-write-funny-improved-all-of-my-writing-by-la-bourgeois

#WritingTips #comedy #comedywriting #humor #LABourgeois
@indieauthors

Just worked with a writing coaching client, and applied some of Aristotle's Poetics to a half hour comedy pilot, and we gained useful, actionable insights. Very old school and very cool.

#writing #ScreenwritingCoach #ScriptSky #screenplay #ComedyWriting #TVWriting #ComedyPilot #AmWriting #WritingTips #Scriptodon #tv

Just worked with a writing coaching client, and applied some of Aristotle's Poetics to a half hour comedy pilot, and we gained useful, actionable insights. Very old school and very cool.

#writing #ScreenwritingCoach #ScriptSky #screenplay #ComedyWriting #TVWriting #ComedyPilot #AmWriting #WritingTips #Scriptodon #tv

Tonight at 8:30 PM come and join us.

#humor #comedywriters #comedyWriting #writing #news #jokes #Districtofcolumbia #WashingtonDC #DCComedy #DC #OpenMic

Tonight, we hold our regular Monday Night Zoom meeting. Think of it as a national writers' table. Before you do a show or go to that open mic, kick the tires on your jokes with others doing the same.

#comedy #comedywriters #comedywriting #StandupComedy #Standup #DMVComedy #DCComedy #DCStandup #WashingtonDC #DistrictofColumbia #humor

#signalboost

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

Tonight, we hold our regular Monday Night Zoom meeting. Think of it as a national writers' table. Before you do a show or go to that open mic, kick the tires on your jokes with others doing the same.

#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#signalboost
#StandupComedy
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

Police in Geneva Switzerland have been stumped by a spate of toilet seat thefts from police stations. Investigators have nothing to go on.

- old joke as written/rewritten by me for this last week's This Week This Week show in LA

#sketch #comedy #SketchComedy #funny #satire #joke #ComedyWriter #ComedyWriting #news #parody #LosAngeles #screenwriting #screenwriter

Police in Geneva Switzerland have been stumped by a spate of toilet seat thefts from police stations. Investigators have nothing to go on.

- old joke as written/rewritten by me for this last week's This Week This Week show in LA

#sketch #comedy #SketchComedy #funny #satire #joke #ComedyWriter #ComedyWriting #news #parody #LosAngeles #screenwriting #screenwriter

The DC Comedy Writers Group is a Comedy writers’ collective. We meet on Zoom. Every Monday at 8:30 PM EST to flex our comedic muscles. More questions? 
FB/Insta/threads @DCComedyWriters 
@dccomedywriters.bsky.social
@DCComedyWriters

#signalboost
#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting

#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

Tonight, we hold our regular Monday Night Zoom meeting. Think of it as a national writers' table. Before you do a show or go to that open mic, kick the tires on your jokes with others doing the same. If you can't make it, please feel free to do the exercises and tag us.

The link to tonight's meeting is in the photo.

#humor

#signalboost

#comedians

#WashingtonDC

#DistrictofColumbia

#comedy

#comedywriting

The DC Comedy Writers Group is a collective of comedians. We meet on Zoom every Monday at 8:30 PM EST to flex our comedic muscles.


More questions? 

FB/Insta/threads @DCComedyWriters 


BlueSky @dccomedywriters.bsky.social


Mastodon @DCComedyWriters.mastodon.social


LinkedIn: @DCComedyWriters



#signalboost
#comedy
#comedywriters
#comedywriting
#signalboost
#StandupComedy
#Standup
#DMVComedy
#DCComedy
#DCStandup
#WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia
#humor

The DC Comedy Writers Group is a Comedy Writers’ collective. We meet on Zoom every Monday at 8:30 PM EST to flex our comedic muscles. We get started through various writing exercises and prompts designed to spark jokes or new ways to think about your existing jokes. We then share our roughest material or our new premises for feedback from fellow participants. We have newcomers mixing with seasoned comics. #signalboost #comedy #comedywriters
#comedywriting #WashingtonDC
#DistrictofColumbia #humor

8:30 PM Every Monday Night Zoom (Link Below)
Please Boost.
DC Comedy Writers Group: Initiative

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9969288414

#comedy #comedians #DCcomedy #DMVcomedy #ComedyWriters #comedywriting #humor
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Tonight is our regular Monday meeting. We meet at 8:30 PM, and the Zoom link is in the "Exercises Photo." The group is open to anyone at any level. We work on our jokes and premises. The exercises help your mind get into action. Please share if you know some folks who might be interested in joining us.

#humor #signalboost #comedy #comedywriting #comedysketch #standupcomedy #standup #dmvcomedy #dmvcomedyscene @displacedcomedians @dmvcomedy #DC #WashingtonDC #dccomedy

Good afternoon EST, folks! Please join us tonight 8:30 PM EST if you are interested in comedy writing, beginning or advanced. The details of the event are on Facebook. #DC #WashingtonDC #comedy #ComedyWriting

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dcwritersgroup/

Your #FridayNight #party with off-kilter #TedTalk

https://www.patreon.com/posts/squatting-over-101400163

#comedy #comedyalbum #melbournecomedyfestival #sydneycomedyfestival #comedywriting

I #challenge you not to be amused

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#sketchcomedy #comedywriting #melbournecomedyfestival #sydneycomedyfestival #comedy #grousehouse

While I write my blog articles, sometimes things come up that I'd not thought of before.

For instance, I think every writer should learn comedy writing and how jokes work. If you have that knowledge, even if you're not writing comedy, you can slip a quick little jokey joke into your manuscript.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #ComedyWriting