Tom Cornett – Writing Humor and Satire

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Victor Volkman
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

Tom Cornett

Tom Cornett
 Tom also writes a blog in addition to his music sites on ReverbNation and MySpace
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Author of "Beyond Trauma: Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction" and six other books.
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