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Comedy: August 21, 2013 Issue [#5818]

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 This week: Comedy in Everyday Situations
  Edited by: Aennaytte: Free & Wild in GoT
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Hello fun readers, I am Aennaytte: Free & Wild in GoT and a guest editor for this issue. So, don't expect this to be half as funny as the Comedy Newsletters from the trained professionals. Here we go.


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Letter from the editor

Comedy in Everyday Situations


Any story - real life or fiction - does better with comedy relief.


I have a friend who has a talent at creating situations that just crack me up. It's always a little bit like slapstick - but usually nobody gets hurt. Also, so that nobody gets hurt, I won't give you my friend's real name and call her Melitta instead. Just go with it.

One evening after coming home from baseball practice with her son, Melitta was certain she saw a cat under the bushes by her driveway. She thought it was her cat who had somehow gotten out of the house and was now upset to be locked out for the whole day. The cat under the bush turned out to be a skunk. Melitta jumped on top of her car's hood and screamed as quietly as she could at the skunk to leave. She made it out unskunked.

A few days later, Melitta was in the backyard with her son and dog. She thought she saw something by the barbecue and sent her son and dog into the house. She then snuck up to the grill, opened it quickly, and screamed at the top of her lungs at ... nothing.

Similarly to the funny jolt that comes from watching somebody do something silly, it can be good harmless fun to allow a very simple joke to lighten up an action movie as seen in G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra (2009), there was a moment when Duke asks why Snake Eyes, the Ninja, doesn't speak. The French man's answer, "He doesn't say."

So, how does all this apply to your writing? It does. Like this. When you write a story in just about any genre, you need some comedy relief. Horror, drama, romance, crime, tragedy - they all do better if the reader can have a good laugh every now and then. As you work on your next short story or your next longer work, ask yourself where you have the place to insert a couple of lines that break up the plot in a funny way.

As you see above - the weirdest and least believable things happen in real life. So, don't over-think it. Simple is best when it comes to adding some funny spice to your stories.



Editor's Picks

Corrupt-A-Wish  (13+)
Be careful what you wish for! A simple but fun and creative game! :)
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 To Whom It May Concern  (GC)
Short story of a man trying to clear his conscience after getting himself in a tight spot.
#1758438 by Dustin Butler

 The Graveyard Chronicles   (13+)
Sam can see dead people, but he doesn't really care.
#1942894 by Razvak

 
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You Did What ??  (18+)
One mistake at work costs a senior citizen his job.
#1594575 by Winnie Kay

 
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Breaking the Seal  (E)
A humorous look at how words can mean different things to different people.
#1943341 by drifter

 Thank ____ It's Friday  (E)
A six-year-old's crisis of identity, community and bacon.
#1903783 by Ashley

 
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A Fish Out of Holy Water  (13+)
Becoming Catholic can scare the hell out of you. April 2013 West Side Writers
#1927899 by Indelible Ink

 I Shot An Arrow Into The Air...  (ASR)
Love is a dangerous thing...especially in the wrong hands! An original myth.
#357446 by Tehuti, Lord Of The Eight

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Ask & Answer

In response to my last newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (April 14, 2010)" , I got no responses. Now you know how little fun I am. *Worry*

Because of that, I've kept my funniest editor's favorite feature for this area here. If I can't make you laugh, this blog will do the trick.

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