I did not expect that deliberately trying to write jokes would be as hard as it is. I’m usually pretty quick with one-liners in a conversation, but coming up with jokes is difficult. I know I should just flood tons of jokes from my brain and splat them onto the paper and just pick out the ones that are actually funny, but seeing cringe-worthy or un-funny lines makes me mad at myself. It’s hard to be funny when you’re mad at yourself.
So expect lots of bad jokes. Maybe it will be like photography. 1 in every 100 is really good. So I should nail about three jokes a year. Hopefully, my writing will tighten up and my wit will become a little more creative over the next year, at least.
“In driving class I was told to back my car into anything. But then they asked me to back into a driveway during the test.”