There was a time when authors’ books were accepted as works of integrity, as works that were crafted painstakingly and cleverly and creatively by writers who were dedicated to writing as a calling. There was a time when authors’ books were not challenged for veracity—though they were challenged for other things, for contents, elements or style, by censors, kings, and the paranoid or jealous. But now, with the publishing industry as big as the automotive or mechanical industries, the act and process of writing a book open to everyone from entrepreneurs to illiterates, even the best books are subject to stringent scrutiny.
I love to write short stories, and I think that it would make a good pastime for almost everyone. I have been writing short stories since I was about six years old, and I just simply never get bored of it at all. But lately, I have been disturbed by a trend that i have been witnessing.
The secret in comedy writing is association. Let's see how this technique of association generates hilarious result. By association, means by pairing or combining thoughts, images or even words together....
My last piece I talked about associating or pairing up opposites to produce funny ideas. Now we associate SIMILARITY or CONGRUITY; by puting the same or similar objects, person or animals together to engender laughter.....
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