HOW TO USE HUMOR IN YOUR WRITING - A MASTER CLASS

Three rubber chickens walk into a salad bar ... but do they have clown noses on? Get the answer to questions like that in this Master Class where we will explore using humor to make your writing snap, crackle, and pop off the page. Three funny writer folk—including two stand-up comics—will lead this workshop on delving into the subtle differences between writing that is funny-haha and humor that slips on a banana peel and falls flat. (Clown car not included.)

Vicki French-Sanches
Vicki’s creative writing includes stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, poetry, social-issue essays, and short stories. She has written two books, one fiction and one non-fiction, and is working on a third (fiction.) Vicki has been writing and performing comedy for the last eight years. It is her greatest joy to embarrass her three grown children, while charging them admission at the door.

Tony Sanches
Tony has written and performed stand-up comedy for the last 8 years, penned a memoir on music, and written several Twilight Zone-style short stories. He is also a musician who has performed with bands across various genres for almost 30 years. His extensive knowledge of drum equipment, pro audio, and lighting allows him to support a range of artists. 

Franny French
Franny first won distinction (and a butterscotch sundae) in the third grade for a short story about a misunderstood scarecrow. Since then, her work has appeared in the St. Petersburg Review, The Ledge, Public Poetry, Enizagam, and other literary publications. She is the recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship, and her short story “Dead Fish” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives and writes and rewrites in Portland, Oregon.