Humor In Writing

That means making sure all the witty lines also have a storytelling purpose and aren t just there as jokes.

Humor in writing. When you re reading a book filled with humor writing that makes the milk you re drinking squirt out your nose like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxyby douglas adams the tone and the jokes often feel as natural and effortless as laughter. The rule of three 3. The cliché joke 5. Humor brings people together and has the power to transform how we think about the world.

You start with two straight items the setup and add a third item. Making people laugh takes some skill and finesse and because so much relies on instinct is harder to teach than other techniques. Here are names and descriptions of the varieties of comic expression. What kind of humor works in your writing.

Humor is an icebreaker. If you do that then it s okay if it doesn t come off as funny as you were hoping. To make a mountain out of a molehill. Generally when i m writing humor into a story i aim to rely on the humor not working.

Humor comes in many flavors any of which may appeal to one person but not to another and which may be enjoyed in alternation or in combination. The trick is to let the reader in on the joke. It brings people closer it makes people feel good. The comparison joke 4.

However all writers can benefit from learning more about how humor functions in writing. As you read you will encounter many types of humor and you will find some types funnier than others. Narrative humor is especially useful when writing from a first person protagonist point of view. Use humor to develop the relationship between reader and narrator in addition to using humor for characterization you can also use it to strengthen the bond between the narrator and the readers.

Of course not everyone is adept at being funny particularly in writing. If you want to learn to use humor in writing it helps to identify some of the literary devices commonly used in humor. The throaty guffaw the silly giggle the derisive snort the big belly laugh the hysterical paroxysm the dirty chuckle. The rule of three is a popular humor writing technique based on the setup and punchline formula comedians use to create jokes.

All of these reactions are quite different and each can be associated with a different approach to humor. Funny anecdotes and stories. To represent as thing as greater than it is. There are many kinds of laughs.