[SKRIVA] Hur man skriver roligt

From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 03:43:14 +0200
En artikel ur något som kallar sig Uncyclopedia (en sorts parodi på Wikipedia), 
om hur man skriver roligt:
 
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:How_To_Be_Funny_And_Not_Just_Stupid
 
Några nedslag. Tipsen avsedda för dem som skall skriva för Uncyclopedia, men 
kan ju användas av vem som helst:
 
  * Repetition. This one is stupid, but it works. Say something over and over, 
and then repeat it, and then say it some more. Two or three times. Example: In 
his spare time, young Luke Skywalker enjoyed driving his land speeder, whining, 
shooting womp-rats, cruising for chicks in Mos Eisley, whining, nerf-herding, 
and whining. Sometimes, driving a joke into the ground makes it funnier. Other 
times, it just makes the joke dead, so please be careful, cautious, and 
vigilant if you decide to use this technique. And also be cautious. 

* Misdirection. A little more sophisticated and "witty" than repetition. Appear 
to go one direction with your writing, but end up in a completely different 
place. For instance: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a 
dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx 
If your readers see where you're going with your joke, it won't be as funny, 
but if they don't see what's coming, you can probably sift through their wallet 
before the paramedics arrive. 

* Escalation: The key to the absurd style, but all around a good technique. 
Start out reasonable and sensible, then become increasingly extreme, 
irrational, and absurd. Example: Among the monastic sins listed by Saint Anselm 
are sodomy, bestiality, masturbation, dry-humping pillows, wearing clean 
underwear, touching oneself below the neck, heavy breathing, and approaching 
closer than 40 furlongs to a female of any mammalian species. Starting out 
absurd and staying that way is rarely funny. Absurdity can be funny, but it 
helps to work up to it from a serious- or at least, less-absurd- starting 
point. This is true whether you're dealing with a single sentence, a whole 
article, or putting live moray eels down your pants. 
 
* Being Self-referential. Again, sort of an obvious technique but it can be 
funny. "Repetition" repeats, "Misdirection" veers off into Australia, 
"Escalation" escalates. See this article's section on Being Self Referential. 

* Understatement. For instance, "many people would say that the Holocaust was 
not a good thing". Writing "OMG this kid in my class Joe Shmoe is so stupid!" 
is not as funny as taking a more understated approach such as "Joe Shmoe is not 
quite as intelligent as a mildly retarded woodchuck suffering from late-stage 
syphilis." Not that you're allowed to write about your classmates, though. An 
example is Coruscant, a "slightly overpopulated planet". Not that the article 
is good, though.

* Reversal. Example: Local cancer loses battle with woman. Other example: Work 
is the curse of the drinking classes. - Oscar Wilde. 

* Be silly about serious things. Examples include Segregation or Axis of Evil 
Hot Dog Eating Competition. This mostly goes along with the misdirection rule. 
If your article is going to be about a serious topic, write it from a loony 
perspective. An article on "Axis of Evil" sounds like it would have to do with 
current/historical events, but throwing a hot dog eating competition into the 
mix isn't something you might expect. 

* Be serious about silly things. Examples include Handgun and The GI 
Joe-Transformers War. Pretty much the opposite of the previous one. Folding 
your hand into a gun shape, pointing it, and going "bang bang!" isn't something 
you'd expect to have a grave perspective, but it can really add to the humour 
of the article, especially when you step back and realize "wait a minute, 
they're talking about robot Nazis! That's completely ridiculous!" We don't 
recommend you write an article on robot Nazis, however.
 
--Ahrvid

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