The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How To Say Something Funny About Anything pdfdrive com

Troubleshooting
Question: I’ve done three sheets. Why haven’t I got any jokes?
Answer: It might be that this method is just not for you, but before you give up,
go back and look at the sheets you did.
Even  if  you  didn’t  come  up  with  a  joke  straight  away  (which  often  happens)
your thoughts from the perspective of the next day or the day after that are often
infinitely  interesting.  There  might  be  a  wealth  of  starting  points  in  the  form  of
phrases and potential ideas, even if there are no actual jokes yet.
Question: Do you think this is best as a written or verbal exercise?
Answer: Verbally is really powerful if you have someone there to shout prompts
at you and write down what you say. It will help if you are sufficiently afraid of
this person to keep going when you don’t want to and sufficiently confident with
them that you don’t mind them hearing all your unfunny thoughts in the search
for gems. Another writer is ideal for this role as you can take turns. I do however
do  this  at  home  in  my  bedroom,  just  me  and  a  piece  of  paper,  scribbling
furiously.  I  find  the  key  is  to  keep  pushing  myself  to  answer  the  questions  and
like I said above, read it through later.

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Summary
Writing  as  a  Stream-of-Consciousness  is  about  keeping  your  thoughts  moving,
pushing them along, writing or saying anything as long as you keep writing.
Using the prompts will get your thoughts out of a rut and into comedic creativity.

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