Become a writer of humor
from On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
How to Apply This
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Focus on serious issues.
Don't just fool around but communicate important things by using special devices such as irony, satire, parody, lampoon, and nonsense. -
Focus your humor on truths.
Your readers will love to read about what they know to be true in a funny way. -
Let your humor touch concretely on life.
For example focus on a social change - use humor to discourage cigarette smoking. -
Be yourself and don’t strain for laughs.
Humour is elusive and subjective - a piece that one magazine rejects can be published by another that finds it a jewel. So, let your style be reflected in your writing and the right audience will appreciate it.
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