Bring the Funny

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I’m funny. It’s natural for me to make people laugh and I can do it with little effort. As a new writer, I sometimes struggle with my style and voice. Do I want to be the author known for making my readers laugh out loud at my characters? Or do I want them to learn something new, to gain insight on a different way of life?

Hopefully both. I bring the funny. That’s what I do. For some reason I talked myself into thinking that being funny in my writing was not good enough. I didn’t think I could do both.

But then I remembered that a lot of my favorite authors are just that–funny and insightful. Being funny is a talent, something that many people wish that they had. So instead of whining that I wasn’t serious enough, I worked harder balancing the funny, making sure that my characters weren’t clowns telling jokes all the time.

Being funny is a gift that I’m glad I have, and a gift that I finally learned not to be embarrassed to use.