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Comedy: March 05, 2008 Issue [#2253]

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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter



My name is katherine76, I am your Comedy Newsletter editor this week!


Fear of the month:
Arachibutyrophobia
The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
*Laugh* *Laugh* *Laugh* *Laugh*
Apologies to anyone afflicted with this phobia...


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Letter from the editor

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Hello to all the Comedy subscribers,

This is the first newsletter that I have had the honour and privilege of being editor of this week. After being a subscriber to many newsletters over the years, I have taken the time to put together some of the finer points that I think is needed to write in the comedy genre.

The fundamentals of writing comedy are simple; if you don’t laugh, no one else will laugh. This has always been my opinion and as a long term lover of humor and comedic pieces, if I read or write something that I think is funny enough to have me in stitches; the chances are that other people will find it funny as well.

I think generally most people who write comedy, associate real life characters or situations then integrate these people and/or experiences into their writing. This is running solely on the basis of the “It’s funny because it’s true” methodology.

For example, Jerry Seinfeld (stand up comedian and television star of Seinfeld) often uses real life experiences when writing his comedy material:

QUOTE: It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
QUOTE: Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.”
These are simple statements that are really funny *Laugh*.

It really doesn’t matter whether or not you have personally had dealings these people or these events have happened to you, the comedy value can still be used as a platform to write a brilliant and funny story. Using people from every day life will always make a story funnier adn more realistic to the reader, because you are able to visualize each detail.


Thank you for reading; I have a poll at the end of this newsletter for anyone who would like to participate in choosing my next newsletter topic.


Editor's Picks


My picks for this month are all very funny! Please take the time to look at some of these comedy items:


Comedy Poems and Short Stories
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There's a reason for nodding and grinning, but what's the reason for 'wipe the chin(ing)'?
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A man walked into a bar ...
by deemac Author Icon

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Men, get the wife to read this before the January Sales
by askpaddy Author Icon



Funny cNotes
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Activities
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A quiz on various comedians
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A Comedy writing workshop


 
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Ask & Answer

Seeing this is my very first newsletter, I have no previous feedback therefore I have decided to let the readers choose next months' comedy newsletter subject *Bigsmile*

I have created a poll for all the readers so it only takes a few seconds to send me your feedback and let me know what you would like as the topic for my next newsletter *Bigsmile*

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