I am not funny. I have to tell myself this while I write. I always forget. I think I'm funny - at first. Mostly I write for myself, but even while reading my own "humorous" work I realize that I'm not funny. I can't expect other people to see my work as humorous when even I can't! Sure, while I am writing I think I'm funny, but it is only in the moment. My humor does not carry over into the future. This is why, for right now, I am staying away from a certain genre: comedy.
Knowing what my genre isnt' and accepting what genre is not for me are two different things. I've known that I am not a funny writer, but I still struggle with accepting it. When I revise something I wrote that I meant to be funny, I end up asking myself: "How is this funny?" There may be a time or two, hopefully, that I will be able to grasp humor that carries over into the future. And who knows, maybe one day I will learn this "funny" technique. As of right now, however, I am not a funny writer. I will repeat this to myself until I can successfully prove otherwise.
Sincerely,
At the moment, not a funny writer.
Knowing what my genre isnt' and accepting what genre is not for me are two different things. I've known that I am not a funny writer, but I still struggle with accepting it. When I revise something I wrote that I meant to be funny, I end up asking myself: "How is this funny?" There may be a time or two, hopefully, that I will be able to grasp humor that carries over into the future. And who knows, maybe one day I will learn this "funny" technique. As of right now, however, I am not a funny writer. I will repeat this to myself until I can successfully prove otherwise.
Sincerely,
At the moment, not a funny writer.