Comments on: The Secret of Writing Funny http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/ Unmissable articles on writing. Twice weekly. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:02:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simone http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-12195 Simone Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:40:30 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-12195 Thanks for the information. Help is always a good thing. Sometimes my writing just flows, while at other times it creeps or worse just sits still. Thanks again. Thanks for the information. Help is always a good thing.
Sometimes my writing just flows, while at other times
it creeps or worse just sits still. Thanks again.

]]> By: mk akan http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11963 mk akan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:28:50 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-11963 great tips, every one wants to be entertained.we all love entertainment .it is something we should all add to our post . There is nothing as sweet as learning while laughing your ass off.Remember the the FUN THEORY great tips,
every one wants to be entertained.we all love entertainment .it is something we should all add to our post .
There is nothing as sweet as learning while laughing your ass off.Remember the the FUN THEORY

]]> By: CFI http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11736 CFI Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:20:35 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-11736 I have always tried to add some humor to my writing style, and I usually write about flight instructors teaching others how to fly. Yes, the topic is something on the serious side, but adding a little humor keeps it interesting, and my audience more attentive and involved. Thanks for sharing this. Helps when I see reassurances from others. I have always tried to add some humor to my writing style, and I usually write about flight instructors teaching others how to fly. Yes, the topic is something on the serious side, but adding a little humor keeps it interesting, and my audience more attentive and involved. Thanks for sharing this. Helps when I see reassurances from others.

]]> By: Chris (Amateur Traveler) http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11300 Chris (Amateur Traveler) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:18:47 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-11300 I applaud you for trying to teach how to be funny but as the old quote goes "Dying is easy, Comedy is hard". My kids are funny and I know it was a very intentional effort on my part to make sure they learned how to be funny, but it did take some time. So I believe that comedy can be learned but I think it is learned through long exposure. I applaud you for trying to teach how to be funny but as the old quote goes “Dying is easy, Comedy is hard”.

My kids are funny and I know it was a very intentional effort on my part to make sure they learned how to be funny, but it did take some time. So I believe that comedy can be learned but I think it is learned through long exposure.

]]> By: NoraLumiere http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11221 NoraLumiere Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:07:58 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-11221 Funny is so hard to do and you've given such practical how-to advice that I can hardly wait to try it. I recently sat down to write a funny post. Funny, I said to myself over and over. I'm witty, I can write funny. But the words refused to be funny. The funnier I tried to be, the stodgier and stiffer and stonier and duller they became. I finally abandoned the post, it just died on me. I can write funny when empassioned, but I'd like to be able to do it at will. Thanks for the tips, will let you know if they work for me. Funny is so hard to do and you’ve given such practical how-to advice that I can hardly wait to try it.
I recently sat down to write a funny post. Funny, I said to myself over and over. I’m witty, I can write funny. But the words refused to be funny.
The funnier I tried to be, the stodgier and stiffer and stonier and duller they became.
I finally abandoned the post, it just died on me.
I can write funny when empassioned, but I’d like to be able to do it at will.
Thanks for the tips, will let you know if they work for me.

]]> By: The Online Investing AI Blog » Weekly Wisdom: C’mon Let’s Get Happy http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-10889 The Online Investing AI Blog » Weekly Wisdom: C’mon Let’s Get Happy Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:23:30 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-10889 [...] is actually not from this week, but Write To Done made me smile with this post on how to write funny when I read it this [...] [...] is actually not from this week, but Write To Done made me smile with this post on how to write funny when I read it this [...]

]]> By: James Clarke http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-10752 James Clarke Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:14:26 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-10752 I was actually just googling how to write funny stories and came upon this. You definitely know funny =). I wrote a funny story (about ninjas in space...) for school (college). I really like writing funny stories and when I right non-funny fiction I have a lot more trouble. I can only really right two things, funny and emotional... and I don't want to have to share the latter in class. Only problem with when I write funny is I write jokes I like. So a lot of people might not get it. In the story i wrote I referenced star wars, 300, and the dark crystal. I have never seen 300 yet I still managed to joke about it. Even though I wrote the jokes because they were funny to me, I know my friends will get the jokes and that's all that matters =). As one of my friends said to a new guy we met, "You get used to him." Sorry this is so long, but one more thing. When I do public speeches (taking public speaking class and had to do my valedictorian speech in highschool) i use humor all the time. In my last speech a few days ago, I called everyone in the class irrational, said all religions were fake, and showed a russian propaganda poster. As far as I know no one was offended. I love using humor in speeches cause people listen to you. And when people are smiling and laughing at me my confidence goes up a lot more. Also, it makes the atmosphere a lot nicer and it feels like the speech is more of a conversation. So ya, in summation, humor works everywhere, not just in writing or on tv. I was actually just googling how to write funny stories and came upon this. You definitely know funny =). I wrote a funny story (about ninjas in space…) for school (college). I really like writing funny stories and when I right non-funny fiction I have a lot more trouble. I can only really right two things, funny and emotional… and I don’t want to have to share the latter in class. Only problem with when I write funny is I write jokes I like. So a lot of people might not get it. In the story i wrote I referenced star wars, 300, and the dark crystal. I have never seen 300 yet I still managed to joke about it. Even though I wrote the jokes because they were funny to me, I know my friends will get the jokes and that’s all that matters =). As one of my friends said to a new guy we met, “You get used to him.”

Sorry this is so long, but one more thing. When I do public speeches (taking public speaking class and had to do my valedictorian speech in highschool) i use humor all the time. In my last speech a few days ago, I called everyone in the class irrational, said all religions were fake, and showed a russian propaganda poster. As far as I know no one was offended. I love using humor in speeches cause people listen to you. And when people are smiling and laughing at me my confidence goes up a lot more. Also, it makes the atmosphere a lot nicer and it feels like the speech is more of a conversation. So ya, in summation, humor works everywhere, not just in writing or on tv.

]]> By: Bahri Gordebak http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-10746 Bahri Gordebak Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:03:26 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-10746 Good tips. Another tip could be using unrelated things together for a surprising effect. But I think laughing at funny things, doesn't mean you have good sense of humor. Making people laugh is the hardest thing on earth. That's why so many people fail at stand-up comedy. Only a few succeed. I think writing the best you can write is enough for a writer. Sometimes, trying to be funny makes it worse. A joke is like farting, you don't have to know how it's made to do it. (That's trying hard, for example.) Good tips.

Another tip could be using unrelated things together for a surprising effect.

But I think laughing at funny things, doesn’t mean you have good sense of humor. Making people laugh is the hardest thing on earth. That’s why so many people fail at stand-up comedy. Only a few succeed.

I think writing the best you can write is enough for a writer. Sometimes, trying to be funny makes it worse. A joke is like farting, you don’t have to know how it’s made to do it. (That’s trying hard, for example.)

]]> By: Louise http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-10564 Louise Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:21:43 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-10564 Why not the cat? Why not the cat?

]]> By: Adlibby http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-10261 Adlibby Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:17:04 +0000 http://writetodone.com/2008/07/30/how-to-write-funny/#comment-10261 and with that.. I am a fan for life! Awesome information. Thank you! and with that.. I am a fan for life! Awesome information. Thank you!

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