Caitlin Kunkel
@caitlinkunkel.bsky.social
Funny writer of fiction and satire. INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS out March 10, 2026.
My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
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Caitlin Kunkel
@caitlinkunkel.bsky.social
· Nov 12
In January 2026, my comedy craft book with Elissa Bassist, INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS will come out! More info including cover and preorder information coming soon.
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Q4 comedy classes are up!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
Q4 Comedy Classes
A quick comedic back-to-school dispatch
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Q4 comedy classes are up!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
Q4 comedy classes are up!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
Q4 Comedy Classes
A quick comedic back-to-school dispatch
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Q4 comedy classes are up!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
- Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas
- How to Write a Short Humor Piece
- Write Like an Athlete
- Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians
All two hours, all online, all recorded with deck sent after if you can't attend live. $75 each!
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"Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carved the names of dead gods into your Trapper Keeper. IT knows your flesh, your sins, your AOL user ID."
Only ’90s Kids Will Understand This Dead Language Found Scrawled in Blood on the Wall of a Taco Bell Bathroom
Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carve...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carved the names of dead gods into your Trapper Keeper. IT knows your flesh, your sins, your AOL user ID."
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Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:
When the Sun Wants to Kill You
Recommendations from a sweaty, pale soldier in the Sun Wars
inputandoutput.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:
Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:
When the Sun Wants to Kill You
Recommendations from a sweaty, pale soldier in the Sun Wars
inputandoutput.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Enjoy my demented service journalism as a soldier in the Sun Wars:
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Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!
Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas Generative Class | WritingWorkshops.com
Satirist, author, and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program Caitlin Kunkel will break down the basics of comedic writing.
writingworkshops.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!
Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!
Mine Your Life for Funny Ideas Generative Class | WritingWorkshops.com
Satirist, author, and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program Caitlin Kunkel will break down the basics of comedic writing.
writingworkshops.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Last class until the fall! Are you in an idea slump? This two-hour class is ALL idea generation. We talk topics and how to apply twists to them to take them into comedic ideas. If you can't make it live, registration gets you the recording and slides after!
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"I asked chatgpt"
I confided in amazon
I confessed to mcdonald's
I have an inside joke with exxon mobil
I confided in amazon
I confessed to mcdonald's
I have an inside joke with exxon mobil
June 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"I asked chatgpt"
I confided in amazon
I confessed to mcdonald's
I have an inside joke with exxon mobil
I confided in amazon
I confessed to mcdonald's
I have an inside joke with exxon mobil
I interviewed my friend and feedback partner @lauraleffler.bsky.social, because today is publication day for her debut novel, TELL THEM YOU LIED! We talk about her timeline to publication, how to not quit, and what to look for in a writing group. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Tell-Them-Li...
Writing is a Game of Attrition
On not giving up with novelist Laura Leffler
inputandoutput.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I interviewed my friend and feedback partner @lauraleffler.bsky.social, because today is publication day for her debut novel, TELL THEM YOU LIED! We talk about her timeline to publication, how to not quit, and what to look for in a writing group. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Tell-Them-Li...
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Come on in, the water's fine.
Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back today!
Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya
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Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya
May 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Come on in, the water's fine.
Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back today!
Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya
Our Summer & THE CITY newsletter is back today!
Sign up so you don't miss any of our tips on thriving and surviving NYC in the heat ☀️ buff.ly/hAOoNya
Any writers I know qualify for this? substack.com/profile/4136...
Caitlin Kunkel on Substack
Wondering if any Substack writers can help me out here—I’m searching a for very specific type of writing from the late 90’s through early 2000’s.
Did you ever write fanfic or diary entries imagining ...
substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Any writers I know qualify for this? substack.com/profile/4136...
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you guys are on the fast track to having to write your papers in the classroom using only printed out primary sources
May 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
you guys are on the fast track to having to write your papers in the classroom using only printed out primary sources
Saturday! And I’ll send out the recording and slides after if you can’t attend live.
This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.
How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com
Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.
writingworkshops.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Saturday! And I’ll send out the recording and slides after if you can’t attend live.
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I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:
Do You Want to be Stupid?
Stop using ChatGPT to think your thoughts for you.
inputandoutput.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:
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"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.
perfect tip from @lauraolin.bsky.social: "I saw someone share that you can simply cut off the top of a bag of chips you’re well on the way to finishing so that your hand has less bag to travel through to access the last of the chips...we may live in hell but at least there’s chips, and chip tips?"
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
perfect tip from @lauraolin.bsky.social: "I saw someone share that you can simply cut off the top of a bag of chips you’re well on the way to finishing so that your hand has less bag to travel through to access the last of the chips...we may live in hell but at least there’s chips, and chip tips?"
I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:
Do You Want to be Stupid?
Stop using ChatGPT to think your thoughts for you.
inputandoutput.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have some THOUGHTS on writers trying to defend their use of ChatGPT and why it doesn't work that way:
This was easily my favorite ARC I got to read this year. @caseyjohnston.bsky.social combines her personal story with the history of weightlifting, science writing, research, and so much more. I started strength training again after reading it, I was so inspired!
Today is the day! My book is out in the world. It’s not a friendly world for writing about science or women or especially women’s bodies right now. But I’m so proud to be telling a story that makes a certain type of person very, very angry. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/casey...
May 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This was easily my favorite ARC I got to read this year. @caseyjohnston.bsky.social combines her personal story with the history of weightlifting, science writing, research, and so much more. I started strength training again after reading it, I was so inspired!
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Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.
This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.
How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com
Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.
writingworkshops.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.
Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.
This is the first short humor class I've taught in years—I've refined it down to 2 hours while writing INSIDE JOKES with @elissabassist.bsky.social! On Zoom, you'll get the slides/recording after if you can't make it, learn a repeatable process to brainstorm, draft, and rewrite a short humor piece.
How to Write a Short Humor Piece | WritingWorkshops.com
Writer and creator of The Second City’s online satire writing program, Caitlin Kunkel, will teach a repeatable process for writing a short humor piece.
writingworkshops.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coming up in a few weeks! Spend two hours with me and draft a whole humor piece.
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That’s a wrap on @writingco-lab.bsky.social 100 Days of Creative Resistance project. Much love and gratitude to the contributors and readers. Here’s the entire archive of incredible pieces
www.writingco-lab.com/100-days
www.writingco-lab.com/100-days
April 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
That’s a wrap on @writingco-lab.bsky.social 100 Days of Creative Resistance project. Much love and gratitude to the contributors and readers. Here’s the entire archive of incredible pieces
www.writingco-lab.com/100-days
www.writingco-lab.com/100-days
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My latest newsletter includes links to some posts sharing transparent author numbers, a humor writer editor panel video, and a funny book recommendation from humor writer @kristenmulrooney.bsky.social
julievick.substack.com/p/april-mont...
julievick.substack.com/p/april-mont...
April Monthly Links Roundup
Featuring funny tv, a humor editor panel video, and book recs
julievick.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My latest newsletter includes links to some posts sharing transparent author numbers, a humor writer editor panel video, and a funny book recommendation from humor writer @kristenmulrooney.bsky.social
julievick.substack.com/p/april-mont...
julievick.substack.com/p/april-mont...
Honestly extremely on board with this: www.avclub.com/ryan-coogler...
Ryan Coogler confirms he's rebooting The X-Files "immediately next"
Ryan Coogler confirms he's rebooting The X-Files "immediately next"
www.avclub.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Honestly extremely on board with this: www.avclub.com/ryan-coogler...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Feels weird to barge in with good news, but The Onion is hiring two more fellows:
Here's a link to our Graphics Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Here's a link to our Video Fellowship:
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Solid pay + full benefits for six months. Come make stupid shit with us.
Here's a link to our Graphics Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Here's a link to our Video Fellowship:
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Solid pay + full benefits for six months. Come make stupid shit with us.
Video Fellowship, Summer 2025 at The Onion
jobs.gusto.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Feels weird to barge in with good news, but The Onion is hiring two more fellows:
Here's a link to our Graphics Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Here's a link to our Video Fellowship:
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Solid pay + full benefits for six months. Come make stupid shit with us.
Here's a link to our Graphics Fellowship: jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Here's a link to our Video Fellowship:
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Solid pay + full benefits for six months. Come make stupid shit with us.