WRITING ADVICE FROM SOMEONE WHO SHOULDN’T BE GIVING IT

Changing Gears: Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone In Search of a Broader Reach

What to do when your audience wants the opposite of your usual genre

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I’m a humorist.

I know this because it says so on numerous profiles I’ve written for myself on social media.

This is my X profile header. Marketing my brand for the masses in jpg format.

I believe everything I read.

I’ve been writing humor, in one form or another, for more than three decades. I’ve gathered a following on Twitter (X) of over 44,000 people who look forward to reading my quips, quotes, and one-liners. I’ve written or contributed to seven books — available on Amazon — that have garnered me multiple awards and tens of dollars.

Humor has always been my bread-and-butter money maker.

Or, at least, it used to be.

When I realized I could make money from being funny, I went all in and tried every avenue I could to earn it through my writing. Blogs, a…