On July 21, 2011 Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman spoke with humorist and songwriter Tom Cornett. He is a Midwestern writer who has collaborated with country singers in Nashville as well as writing and co-writing novelty (comedy) songs and parodies. Tom is a student of the observational school of comedy and enjoys putting a twist on reality. He releases his comedy music under the pseudonym “Twisted Tom“. He spoke with us on a variety of humor writing points including:
- Basics of comedy songwriting
- Observing human nature as the source of the absurd
- The importance of collaboration
- Humor vs. satire
- Parodies
- Point-of-view in comedy
- Handling rejection effectively
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