: About Me

Most people in an audience want to laugh. They will even try to the extent of starting out with a smile on their face, but it's up to you to maintain it. If you want to draw material that will provide a lasting laugh from your own experiences, which is always a good idea (the first rule of writing being to write what you know), then you need to look at two fundamental points: identification and tragedy. First, a good laugh is a shared laugh. People like to identify with a situation or joke, remembering how they've been in a similar situation or how everyone knows someone just like your des...