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Becoming a Writer & Comedy Influences

Josh Gondelman and Wils Pelton trace the sometimes late-blooming path to becoming a writer and comedian.

What You’ll Hear:

Origin Stories: From Goosebumps-inspired childhood fiction to award-winning high school plays, Josh and Wils revisit the early moments that made writing feel possible.

Comedy as a Calling: A shared love of standup, sitcoms, and joke books turns into something more serious—figuring out how to make a creative life actually work.

Timing, Practice, and Patience: On being ready when the moment comes, improving little by little, and why the things you want might arrive five…

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