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The 25 Stages of Writing a Satire Article

  1. Brainstorm
  2. Research
  3. Is there anything interesting at UCL?
  4. Jezzzzaaaa
  5. Contemplation of daily routine
  6. How do I make this objectively funny?
  7. Look around my workspace
  8. Search for something to parody
  9. Find a vague concept
  10. Build a metaliterary title
  11. Realise that the concept already exists because it was the last thing you’ve just read
  12. Conclude that nothing is original
  13. Internal post-modernist debate
  14. Imagined interview with James Corden
  15. The audience is duly impressed
  16. Misery
  17. A trip to the kitchen
  18. Check social media (“inspiration”)
  19. Commemoration of Vine
  20. Notice it’s 2AM
  21. Inspiration strikes
  22. My first draft is the final draft
  23. Last read-through
  24. Self-pity
  25. Word count: 222

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