Funny Business

In one of the fora (my plural for 'forum') on Orkut, someone asked if it is easier to write about sorrow or humor. This was my response: "I find humor to be the most difficult writing of all that I've attempted (and I've been around long enough to have tried just about everything!) First of all, you have to be FUNNY. That's a stretch for me right there. Humour needs brevity, too. The readers are always looking for the punch line. Then there's pacing, and that is so very important in the funny business. Think about the sound that signifies a rim shot (a type of joke) BA-DA-BOOM! Just three beats.

Yeah, I think humor is hard." [writing humor]

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