What we teach and how
Himared runs structured online comedy writing programs for city residents — from first joke to full stand-up set. The focus is on craft: what makes a line land, and why.
Get startedComedy Writing Foundations
A self-paced course covering the mechanics of written comedy — joke anatomy, setup economy, misdirection, and timing on the page. Each lesson isolates one concept, then asks you to write with it.
Joke structure and the rule of three
You read annotated examples of working jokes, identify their structural parts, then rewrite them with different setups to see what breaks.
Finding your comedic angle
Comedy depends on a consistent point of view. This lesson uses writing exercises — not theory — to help you locate what actually makes you funny in writing versus in conversation.
Callbacks and structural callbacks
How to plant a detail early and make it pay off later — without telegraphing it. You write a short two-page piece that uses at least one working callback.
Editorial revision pass
Submit your final piece. An instructor returns specific written notes — which lines work, which setups are too long, where the punchline got buried.
Live Group Workshop
A weekly session with a small group — maximum 12 writers — working on sketch comedy and stand-up material. Sessions run 90 minutes and include both writing time and read-arounds.
Small group
Max 12 participants per cohort. Everyone gets read-time every session.
Sketch and stand-up formats both covered
You bring material in either form. Feedback adapts to the format you're working in — we don't apply sketch notes to stand-up writing or vice versa.
Material develops across sessions
You can return to the same piece across multiple weeks. The workshop format supports iterative revision, not just new work each time.
Online format
Runs fully online. Accessible from anywhere in the region.
What gets workshopped, exactly?
Your material. Brought as a document or read aloud — whatever the piece calls for. Notes come from the group and instructor together.
"I'd been writing jokes on my own for about a year before joining. The workshop changed how I edit — I now cut twice as much before showing anything to anyone. That's genuinely useful."
Oryna Vasylenko — Workshop participant, Chernihiv