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\"Revise<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us \u201cMake \u2019Em Laugh.\u201d\u00a0Enjoy!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Writing comedy is hard, probably harder than writing drama.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comedy is subjective, and, in addition, it comes in many types: farce, slapstick, satire, or macabre. It can be sophisticated, like the work of Noel Coward. You can find it in comic drama, as in Waiting for Godot<\/em><\/a>. Charlie Chaplin, Richard Pryor, the Marx Brothers, Joan Rivers, Lucille Ball, Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, George Lopez\u2014they\u2019re all funny in different ways.<\/p>\n

Not all types of comedy suit all readers, but everybody likes a good laugh\u2014or even a slight smile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many stories that are essentially serious are nonetheless enlivened and enriched by humor, and a few tested techniques can help put your humor across.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Reversal Principle<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You\u2019ve seen it a million times: a woman in a glorious ballgown slips on a banana peel and does a pratfall. The Tramp takes out a knife and fork and delicately eats his shoe.<\/p>\n

The dynamic of the humor comes from an action that is directly opposite of what you\u2019d expect\u2014of what it\u2019s supposed to be. It contains an element of surprise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This technique works in situations (like the pratfall), but also in dialogue.<\/p>\n

Think of the baseball film Bull Durham<\/em><\/a>, where Tim Robbins (the pitcher) has screwed up. Kevin Costner, as the catcher, and several others go out to the mound to talk to him\u2014where they discuss a wedding present they should get one of the players. It\u2019s funny precisely because it\u2019s unexpected.<\/p>\n

The Perspective Principle<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Someone\u2014probably a comedian\u2014once said that \u201ccomedy is tragedy plus time.\u201d What that means is that getting perspective on a difficult situation can make that situation funny. Time gives you the distance to make it funny.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re sitting in the doctor\u2019s office and he tells you that you need a serious operation, and he has a noticeable behavioral tic\u2014at the time, you\u2019ll be annoyed and furious with him. But you get the operation, and when you tell the story to your relatives, the part about the doctor will crack them up.<\/p>\n

Another way to find humor in a shifting perspective is to have the serious event happen to someone else.<\/p>\n

Mel Brooks<\/a> once said that if you <\/em>fell down the stairs, that was comedy. If he<\/em> got a hangnail, that was tragedy. The psychic removal of the serious event happening to someone else makes it funny. (There\u2019s the pratfall again, too).<\/p>\n

The Pain Principle<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you write your story, your characters go into conflict. They have troubles\u2014and really, in fiction, no amount of conflict, pain, or trouble is too much. Readers love it, in part because they know everything will come out all right in the end.<\/p>\n

Wiley Coyote is a caricature, but the principle is the same: he never wins, and people laugh at him. It\u2019s often a sympathetic laugh, because people recognize those difficult situations. They empathize with him\u2014and they know he\u2019ll be all right in the end.<\/p>\n

Think also of Ben Stiller\u2019s zipper accident in There\u2019s Something About Mary<\/em><\/a>. The laugh comes from the intensity of his pain\u2014and at the same time, the scene creates a sense of earned intimacy, because men, especially, can relate to his problem.<\/p>\n

The Principle of Three (and a Topper)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you want to make a point\u2014and make it funny\u2014make it happen three times<\/strong>. The first time is random. The second establishes a pattern. The third time is the payoff. And then if you can, add the topper\u2014the unexpected twist.<\/p>\n

For example, a man tweaks the baby\u2019s nose, and the baby laughs.<\/strong> That\u2019s random. Then he does it again, and the baby laughs again. That\u2019s the pattern. Then he does it a third time, and the baby spits food in his face. That\u2019s the payoff. And if the baby laughs, too\u2014that\u2019s the topper.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a famous topper?<\/h2>\n

In When Harry Met Sally<\/em><\/a>, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan argue in a restaurant about whether a man can recognize if a woman is faking an orgasm. The argument concludes when Ryan fakes one in the restaurant. The topper: when a restaurant patron orders \u201cthe same thing that she\u2019s having.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humor Reinforces Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Adding humor is one technique you can use to make your story themes more memorable. You don\u2019t need to add a food fight to your manuscript\u2014although that can work, too!<\/p>\n

Try a couple of these principles and see what a difference a laugh can make.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

Kay Keppler<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Outsource It<\/em>!<\/p>\n

She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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