How to Write a Joke Video Lecture | The Easy Way to write Short Stories and Fiction - Personal Skills

how to write a joke want to be the life
of the party or the business meeting or
the hostage situation a great joke can
put any audience in the palm of your
hand you will need a sense of humor a
tape recorder an honest friend and an
audience step 1 the best jokes come from
personal experiences and observations so
search your own life for funny memories
and carefully observe the world around
you staying on the lookout for events
and situations that tickle your own
funny bone step 2 do some research read
other jokes and pay attention to how the
words are arranged listen to other jokes
being told and study their delivery pick
the jokes apart see how they're
structured listening to comedy albums is
a great way to learn pay as much
attention to the audience as you do to
the comedian what are they laughing at
and why step 3
write a set up most jokes consist of two
parts the setup and the punch line the
setup is usually a question or
observation about someone or something
that's more or less straightforward step
4 now write a punch line the punch line
is an unexpected and humorous response
to the setup a good punch line should
flip your audience's assumptions on
their head timing is essential to a good
joke
experiment and adjust your timing to get
the biggest punch from your punch line
step 6
90% of a joke success is in its delivery
record your joke so you can hear how it
sounds to others practice it with a
funny honest friend home the joke by
changing words and adjusting emphasis
step 7 now that you've got your setup
punchline timing and delivery down It's
Showtime
go find an audience and knock their
socks off just make sure everybody goes
home with the right socks you get it you
know right socks anyway did you know
laughter evolved from play panting among
but humans didn't fully develop the
facial muscles to control it until 2
million years ago