Last time, I went over the various 'levels' of comedy-- now, I'm gonna get into the specifics-- namely, tools, principles, and building blocks you can use when writing your own comedies. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but hopefully it'll be helpful, one way or another. So without further ado, let's get started!

Punch Up, don't Punch Down.

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SO.

It's been a long day-- nothing insurmountable, and nothing a fancy beer and some exploding things in Star Fox can't fix. But with that done, I find myself sitting in front of my computer, with the vague desire to write ... uh, something. But I'm still a bit brain-fried from my day job (plus, I've already gotten a little bit of original writing for the day) so, uh ... ponies, right?

Or, perhaps more pretentious, writing about writing about ponies. Ponies being funny.

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