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How to write funny stupid stories DyingShadows, aged 11 says: I am crazy and random and everything, but I just can't write funny stories. They just seem so boring. Like they're supposed to be funny. Its almost forced. I hate it. I wanna to be stupid and funny and make people laugh but I can't and it REALLY ANNOYS ME! PLLLLLEEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEEEE help me! Silence is the moon until we wolves are united Howling to the wind Listen to the cry... Southfield, aged 12 says: Dioligue. you need funny Diologue.... Tag player When the house maids, Srub the floors, They get the spaces in between. -Weezer. Celtic Queen, aged 14 says: Ha ha! TAG! I am 'it' no longer! Sorry. Umm . . . you definitely need funny dialogue, but you need ironic situations and larger than life characters also. And if you're injecting humor into an otherwise serious book, put in light jokes. Imagine yourself as your characters, and what you would do to be funny, or what you would see as funny. The fire is dead, Black ashes blowing, Stars now dark, The wind mourns. Silence eternal, Dead now is laughter, Song is forgotten, But Legend continues, Saga lives on. . . - From Mhilaquen an ancient prophesy of Mhilata (written by me) TAG PLAYER!! Roisin, aged 13 says: have your oooks being really weird douglas adams had the strangest things in his books. douglas came up with stoylines such as the answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything being 42, and needing to find what the actual question was. it may not sound that funny written down, but it was douglas made these stories funny with wierdness. now, you said that you have randomness. thats good. im sure you have imagination too, so you just have to put the two together. I WILL NOT FADE AWAY. I dont mean to sound Bitter, Heartless and Cruel, but I am so thats who it comes out. TaG PLaYeR Jewlz, aged 12 says: I think that you should add in funny dialogue, weird and ironic situations, and some jokes. But I also think that you could make your characters more funny and interesting by giving them sarcastic personalities, not rude ones though. Add in random things too. Like out of no where say something that goes completely off subject. But make sure that whatever they say fits into the character's personality. Just a suggestion. This is what my family is like, I have lots of things that I could say about this, but just make sure that whatever you put into your story is perfectly timed. If it isn't perfectly timed, then it will just be stupid. That's all I will say about this, at least for now...... Normal people are boring. Tinkertoes, aged 12 says: Just use your randomness to your advantage. Like Jewlz said, just throw in weird, crazy things that really make no sense. Use cheesy jokes in a sarcastic way. And remember, Irony is your best friend. Use things that are really funny and sarcastic, but are true. And try not to force it. Try this sometime: sit down with paper and a PEN and just write weird and funny and random thoughts and jokes and dialogue. Then incorporate those into your story. Some things might not fit, but that's what editing is for. And when you're writing down your thoughts, make sure you use a pen, that way you can't erase anything if you think it's stupid. Otherwise, everything will seem to....professional. I hope I helped!!! TAG PLAYER! Well, that was my 2 cents. Or what is a nickel? A dime? Did I pay a dollar and and get 98 cents back? Did I use charge or debit? Did I write a check? Well, whatever!!! You wonder why I'm laughing? I'll tell you: I just farted. I'm a vegatarian and that rox! All hail FREAK LORD!!! ~:0 enthusiastic writer, aged 13 says: Yeah, i like writing funny nonsense stories. But try making a funny sitution, with stupid names and words. an example is awful end, by philip ardargh, or somthing. it's about a boy called eddie dickens. it starts off with his parents catching a disease making them smell of old hot water bottles and making them go slightly crinkly around the edges. Southfield, aged 12 says: Say your place is set in a smoking room, like at a school or something, and the teachers are smoking and one of the teachers names is Mrs. Puff she smokes so much is why. and Mr. Cigi the liberian Mrs. Brook. They are all friends and Mrs. Puff Worst nightmare is to teach a boy nicknamed "Rat" Barthomulon. Make names interesting instead of Mrs. Pickle, Mr. Fraser, Mrs. Snclair. You see? make a chat, like "the smoking room" Make the whole story diffrent. and then put funny situations in. Really. I am IT When the house maids, Srub the floors, They get the spaces in between. -Weezer. meghan, aged 12 says: Funny diolouge That girl you push down everyday, would have spared your life, if you had spared her feelings. †~¤Dark Talisman¤~†, aged 15 says: Ugh, I'm going to disagree. Don't rely so heavily on randomness. While it can be giggly and fun for a bit, basing an entire story by a bunch of random events just makes the story annoying and to the point where it's just ridiculous. You shouldn't have to force any humor, but rather, it should be able to flow as you write. If nothing interesting is coming, find a new storyline, develop better characters, or come up with better jokes. Look around at the little things. I think one of the funniest poems I ever read was by an author who wrote about talking bread. He told me that the inspiration came to him while he was looking at bread on the counter when all the sudden sirens started to ring. It's the little things that no one notices any more. And dialogue. Dialogues a tricky one because it pertains to characters. And characters are tricky too. Because, although you want to make them laugh-out-loud funny, you also have to make them believable which complicates things even more. Dark T. "It's not just my tongue that's bad. My spleen once stole 100 dollars from a 7/11." - Dominic Monaghan DanielK, aged 14 says: i think we all got the dialogue idea. As the story goes on keep pulling back bits from further back in the story(funny parts) and bring them back so many times that everyone knows it's coming and then something different happens just when you would expect the old thing too. aaaaah i make no sense even though i know what i am thinking... or do i? ____________________ PEACE OUT Chase down an empty street Blindly snap the broken beats Said it's gone with the dirty trick It's taken all these days to find ya - Kasabian NO! NOT "tag player" Copy Master Kakashi, aged 13 says: Not everyone is funny like me, bt I just think of everyday things that are stupid, that will make people laugh. Trust me, I have made many people pee in their pants because of a joke I told or something I have made up. It just doesn't flow throuh some people. Try using Michael Jackson. Now that's funny. xxxxxx A little piece of paper with a picture drawn, floats on down the street till the wind is gone, and the memory now is like the picture was then, when the papers crumpled up it can' be perfect again. ~ Linkin Park Emstar*, aged 11 says: Funny dialogue is a huge part, but I think you should make your characters really weird and wacked out. Maybe the plot of your story could be around something funny. without writing, I would be nothing-Emstar* TAG player Roisin, aged 13 says: awful end is great! irony is quite important.i like that play on here about the bananas when they brutaly kill the lead banana in an atempt for peace. v. ironic. I WILL NOT FADE AWAY. I dont mean to sound Bitter, Heartless and Cruel, but I am so thats who it comes out. TaG PLaYeR ~Lindsay_Fan~, aged 13 says: Just do whats natural. Read some other books and copy the kinds of stuff they do. Make it stupid and random and the reader will enjoy it! Here I am, once again I'm torn into pieces Can't deny it, can't pretend Just thought you were the one Kelly Clarkson - Behind these Hazel eyes Tag Player

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