/lit/ - Literature

>>16432720
>in this manifesto I will demonstrate

>>11616136
>>11616250

I start with an idea...these kind of appear organically, when you're not expecting it. Anything that is weird, ironic (read: unexpected considering the circumstances), or makes me chuckle. Write these down. Then you develop them into a stand-alone joke.

Ingredients for a joke:

>clear premise, understood without much explanation or suspension of disbelief
>event (something occurs for an apparent reason)
>then punchline (a secret is revealed or something unexpected but is oddly consistent with the premise occurs).

Or, you can take existing formats and premises and give them a new twist.

Here are some jokes I wrote for a talent show (they are not that good, but they ARE jokes):

>A new study concludes that, despite popular belief, wealth, fame, and musical success do NOT provide happiness. Well, more great work from Chris Cornell University.

>What do you call a white duck? A quacker.

>Why was six afraid of seven? Well, it turns out that seven had a long history of mental illness that led to a string of criminal offenses including assault, racketeering, and cannibalism. That's why.

>Any Hillary Clinton fans in? Hillary Clinton is like the Little Engine that Couldn't. Her campaign was the biggest waste of a billion dollars since Target tried to open stores in Canada. Stop trying to make Hillary Clinton happen! She's not going to happen!