There is a fan in my life who tries to influence me to write humor as well. I demur for the same reasons outlined in this post from The Kill Zone by PJ Parrish entitled Writing Funny.
The snippets I agree with are as follows:
(A)ny idiot can tell a joke. But very few can tell one for 250 pages.
I've found, after several days of writing that this is particularly true.
The Vegas Book went into cold storage. We went back to writing our gritty Louis books. Then about a year ago while I was cleaning the office, I found the Vegas Book on an old external drive. Yeah, I opened it. You know what they say about letting your manuscript "bake" a while before you go back in and read it cold, how this will help you rewrite with a clear eye? The Vegas Book had turned into Limburger.
This too I've found to be true whether dealing with humor or with novels in general.
Humor? Well, I shant completely discount it, but until I get the gumption up to try, I'll leave it to the pros. Still it was a good article for anyone who writes.
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