| Once you have an idea, how can you turn it into | | | | the humor in them. If your ideas are not funny - |
| comedy? One way is by the use of exaggeration. | | | | if they don't make you laugh when you write |
| Once you start making the end results more than | | | | them - then you must ask if they will make |
| they would normally be, the result is frequently | | | | anyone else laugh. If not, revise. |
| humorous. Or it could be that the effort | | | | Some writers start at the ending and work |
| expended by your character is out of proportion | | | | backwards. If you have a funny ending in your |
| to the end result - or perhaps the end result is | | | | mind, you can write the second last line, then the |
| not what he expected. | | | | last line, then go backwards from there in creating |
| This can be seen in the Roadrunner cartoons | | | | how this funny situation came about. You should |
| where the 'baddy' tries with great effort to do | | | | never have too many characters in your comedic |
| the roadrunner in but his plans usually backfire | | | | writing. You are not writing a novel. Two or three |
| onto himself. | | | | for each scene should be sufficient. |
| The use of literary devices is also an aid to writing | | | | When you are writing comedy, don't forget to |
| comedy. You can make use of ambiguity where | | | | make use of silence. It is often the silent pause |
| there is unclear or double meaning to a word or | | | | that makes something funny, or even funnier. |
| phrase. Alliteration also creates a comic touch to | | | | And if you want a pause, you have to write it |
| the sound of your comedy. Euphemism can also | | | | into the script. Not everyone will realize there |
| be used to lighten a serious subject such as | | | | should be a pause there. |
| death. This can be referred to as 'kicking the | | | | If you are a complete beginner, it would help you |
| bucket' or some of the other phrases we | | | | tremendously to take a course or study in writing |
| sometimes adopt for death and dying, while 'doing | | | | comedy. Getting one-on-one tuition can hone your |
| him' in is how murder is often referred to in | | | | skills dramatically; with an expert to guide you, |
| comedy. | | | | your career could take off a great deal more |
| Your ideas really need to be funny to start with | | | | quickly. |
| and then using the above devices can strengthen | | | | |