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OLMC Guides: Humour

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Humour & Comedy Books on the Shelf

What is Humour & Comedy?

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Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter. Satire and political satire use comedy to portray people or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, thus alienating their audience from the object of their humor. Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them. Other forms of comedy include screwball comedy, which derives its humor largely from bizarre, surprising (and improbable) situations or characters. Romantic comedy is a popular genre that depicts burgeoning romance in humorous terms and focuses on the foibles of those who are falling in love.

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Top Tips

Mr Gum author Andy Stanton pops by to share his five top tips for writing funny stories - can you put them into action?

Helpful Advice

There’s a lot of funny to be found simply by noticing the ordinary, everyday things you don’t ordinarily notice every day. Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Cheri Steinkellner offers a few tips and tricks for finding the funny in your writing.

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