Love how this plays out: the humor isn't mine, it's the character's. Life-changing book for me in structuring humor, although not specifically for kids? Scott Dikkers' How To Write Funny. Because writing funny, and well? Is hard. Too easy to take everything seriously, as you ably point out.
Thanks for the reco, Dan! I have a small collection of books on writing humour--they're not easy to find. So I appreciate!
Yes, while we can take on so much of playing with characters, somehow the humour line can be unwieldy. Need to step aside and let them Take Over on this one, I find!
“Maybe I’m a bit biased: my middle son only began to read as a result of these books.” My son also!!! Off to work on the exercises, but had to jump in here to express my love and admiration for the Wonderful Dav Pilkey!!! Hilarious and effective on every level.
Love how this plays out: the humor isn't mine, it's the character's. Life-changing book for me in structuring humor, although not specifically for kids? Scott Dikkers' How To Write Funny. Because writing funny, and well? Is hard. Too easy to take everything seriously, as you ably point out.
Thanks for the reco, Dan! I have a small collection of books on writing humour--they're not easy to find. So I appreciate!
Yes, while we can take on so much of playing with characters, somehow the humour line can be unwieldy. Need to step aside and let them Take Over on this one, I find!
“Maybe I’m a bit biased: my middle son only began to read as a result of these books.” My son also!!! Off to work on the exercises, but had to jump in here to express my love and admiration for the Wonderful Dav Pilkey!!! Hilarious and effective on every level.
This is ‘wow!’ Alison, going to read a second time, so much here, thank you!
So glad you enjoy, Jolene!