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Exercise 15: Honing Your Jokes
This is a distilled version of everything I have written in this chapter. Go through
your  notebook  picking  out  anything  that  is  vaguely  funny.  When  you  find
something apply the following prompts to hone it...
• Has the joke got a central kernel? If not try running the idea through
another joke writing method to beef it up and find its other funny places.
• Can you add some attitude to the joke? Either your own for stand-up or
the characters attitude for sitcom or sketch. Even cartoon characters can
have attitude.
• Pare it down to its minimum.
• Try adding rhythm and repetition to it.
• Breathe life into the joke. If it's going to be in a sketch, give the joke to a