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Rob Needham

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Rob Needham lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where everyone else in town is smarter than he. Other than a pair of New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest wins, Rob has had a lifelong disagreement with most of the world about what is, in fact, funny.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rob Needham This reverts back to my answer to how I get inspired in the first place. If I deprive my brain of external entertainment for long enough, it will star…moreThis reverts back to my answer to how I get inspired in the first place. If I deprive my brain of external entertainment for long enough, it will start inventing on its own most of the time. Whether or not it brings me anything useful is a little more of a crapshoot, but that's why you keep trying. Everything's a numbers game.(less)

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Rob Needham Knowing that something I created is out there being experienced by others. In a lot of ways it's the same as playing a prank - super satisfying when t…moreKnowing that something I created is out there being experienced by others. In a lot of ways it's the same as playing a prank - super satisfying when the teacher uses the eraser with chalk stuck in it.(less)

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