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Question by Máistir Íoróin: How do you present humor in a book?
I would say that I have a decent sense of humor, and most people would say that I am pretty funny. That being said, I have no idea how to present it on paper. I have never read a funny story before, so I literally have no clue how I am supposed to use it. I can make people feel sad by making my narration sad. I can make people feel angry by making my narration angry. But how do I make my narration funny? It’s just something that I cannot even comprehend. Do I just make funny things happen and hope that the people laugh, or is it about my choice of words? Is it really any different than being funny in real life?

Best answer:

Answer by ❤Emma❤
To present humor in a novel, it is kind of like real life, in a way.
You don’t try to be funny, it just comes out naturally.
This is really hard to explain so I apologize if this sounds confusing or unhelpful, but maybe you do present humor in a novel but just don’t realize it. Usually when writing a novel, I don’t find things funny when I try to be funny because I planned most of the jokes out that I already heard so it’s not funny anymore to me. To other people, it will be funny though because they have never heard/read something like that before.

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