OokamiKasumi
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Because I am terrible at writing emotions, and comedy, this is a tutorial that was written for me by one of my favorite Beta-Readers. Enjoy!
~Snerks~ Seriously, when you get prompts like the ones I do sometimes, crack is all you can make of them. What other kind of story would have "A monkey's uncle, banana peels and lilacs"? Certainly not a very serious one.
Okay...!
Writing Crack is remarkably similar to the Murphy's Law Cascade Effect:
Say for example, you are given these as a prompt:
Well it would be remarkably easy to set it up for a one liner, but the real trick is to think:
So, you take it and think...
Here's where you bring the Crazy Best Friend in; as the slightly less-than-perfectly-sane friend they are. This sort of character would resolve to help Main Character express their sentiments to the Love Interest by way of Murphy's Sister-in-Law:
Here you bring in the betting pool.
Here would be the perfect opportunity to bring in someone who is made for spreading Crack: the Love Interest's Jovial Best Friend.
What do they find?
Do they? Murphy's Son-In-Law:
And here we have the Punch-Line.
Crack, in a neat little package.
~ Kita the Spaz ~
Make damned sure you know how you want your crack/comedic situations to END before you start following Murphy down increasingly deeper rabbit holes!
Every comedian knows:
This applies to crack/comedic writing too. Writing impossible situations can be loads of fun, but if you don't know how to resolve all the situations you've set up --the punch-line-- everything you've set up will fall flat, disappointing all the readers anticipating a cathartic laugh to wrap it all up.
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Writing CrAcK
By Kita the Spaz
~ Posted with Permission ~
By Kita the Spaz
~ Posted with Permission ~
----- Original Message -----
How do you come up with the ideas for writing crack/comedy?
-- Wants to Write Funny
~Snerks~ Seriously, when you get prompts like the ones I do sometimes, crack is all you can make of them. What other kind of story would have "A monkey's uncle, banana peels and lilacs"? Certainly not a very serious one.
Okay...!
Theory in Practice:
Theory in Practice:
Writing Crack is remarkably similar to the Murphy's Law Cascade Effect:
"What goes Wrong will escalate into increasingly worse Wrongs."
Say for example, you are given these as a prompt:
- Sober yet emotionally-driven Main Character
- Dangerous yet fun-loving Love Interest
- McGuffin [doodles]
- Devoted yet crazy Best Friend
- [Place of employment] betting pool
Well it would be remarkably easy to set it up for a one liner, but the real trick is to think:
"What else can go wrong?"
So, you take it and think...
Main Character has been doodling little sketches of Love Interest; sweet, admiring and romantic images that, as a sober professional, they would never admit to.
Here's where you bring the Crazy Best Friend in; as the slightly less-than-perfectly-sane friend they are. This sort of character would resolve to help Main Character express their sentiments to the Love Interest by way of Murphy's Sister-in-Law:
"In the stupidest, most embarrassing way possible."
They steal the drawings with the intent to show them to Love Interest. However, being that the are not subtle, and are in fact determined to be as noticeable as they can, they do not go about sneaking them into books and grocery bags, but instead plasters them up all over the neighborhood, the Boss's office, the local [snack] stand... Any and Every place visible and highly conspicuous.
Of course, our Main Character is mortified and goes around trying to tear them down before their Love Interest, who is out of town on a [job], can see these things.
Here you bring in the betting pool.
Main Character's fellow employees bet on everything from, How will Main Character kill Crazy Best Friend when they catch them, to what Love Interest's reaction is going to be. Of course, because they are invested in the outcome, several of them will most likely aid and abet Crazy Best Friend.
By helping them make more copies to place (or replace) the drawings.
Or
By coming up with more horribly sappy and mushy drawings of their own and posting those everywhere too.
Or
Both.
To make matters worse, Love Interest has already come back to town the night before. They've just been out of sight, at home sleeping.
Here would be the perfect opportunity to bring in someone who is made for spreading Crack: the Love Interest's Jovial Best Friend.
Love Interest's Jovial Best Friend would go to visit the Love Interest, spouting admiration (and possibly jealousy) over Love Interest being the object of such passionate devotion etc...
It's at this point that the WTF factor kicks in for the Love Interest.
So, what do they do?
They go looking about for these drawings.
What do they find?
Main Character with their hands full of these lovely little doodles.
Main Character had been in the process of tearing them down, but that's not what it looks like. Instead, they look awfully red-handed with their hands full of drawings and their cheeks gone red.
This is Main Character's chance to explain.
Do they? Murphy's Son-In-Law:
"They make the Worst Choice Possible for their situation."
Main Character bolts.
Insert chase scene with Main Character doing everything in their power to escape what they think is an infuriated Love Interest on their tail; pranks, doubling back, even a distraction of several busty girls shoved Love Interest's way.
It culminates in a confrontation in front of the [place of employment] and Main Character bracing for a fight they know they will lose.
And here we have the Punch-Line.
"Mah, Main Character, why not just ask me for a date? Was all this really necessary?"
Crack, in a neat little package.
~ Kita the Spaz ~
Warning!
Don't Paint Yourself into a Corner!
Make damned sure you know how you want your crack/comedic situations to END before you start following Murphy down increasingly deeper rabbit holes!Warning!
Don't Paint Yourself into a Corner!
Every comedian knows:
You need to know the Punch-Line
BEFORE you set up the Joke!
BEFORE you set up the Joke!
This applies to crack/comedic writing too. Writing impossible situations can be loads of fun, but if you don't know how to resolve all the situations you've set up --the punch-line-- everything you've set up will fall flat, disappointing all the readers anticipating a cathartic laugh to wrap it all up.
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Want to read my other Writing tutorials?
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