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Comedic Writing

Writing comics is not easy. It takes determination, perseverance and lots of practice, whether you're an aspiring writer or artist.

 Comedy Writing: Tips and how to’s 

Pick a kind of comedy. When you're going to write a comedic piece an editorial, a sitcom script, a comedic short story zero in on the kind of humor you want to use and stick with it. If you switch from slapstick to dry and sophisticated humor, or vice versa, your audience may have that same feeling.

Use conflict. They say anger is at the center of all comedy. You shouldn’t act like a crazy person. When a person writes something comedic, they have a conflict that's funny. Find a conflict, anger, a thing that doesn't work and find the humor in watching it.

Know when and how to exaggerate. "More" is always better with comedy. Use dry humor or realistic humor, a shotgun would be better, its better to exaggerated. It should be used in way that's appropriate to what you're writing.

Choose your words carefully. Your job as a writer of comedy is always to maximize the comedic impact.

Watch the timing. Timing is crucial to comedy. Timing will depend on the kind of comedy you're your trying to use

Comedy Writing Secret #1: Capture your own natural speaking rhythm when you are writing your comedy material down on paper.

Comedy Writing Secret #2: The delivery is important. You need to be able to get a big laugh.

Comedy Writing Secret #3: In order to get the maximum laughter from this bit, it will be important that there is a 1-2 second pause after the punch line.

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