Why I Like To Write Humour

I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t always write humour. When I first started writing longer fiction as a teen, I tended toward more serious stories. If you look at the five authors who most influenced me as a writer, you’ll find that they’re not a particularly humorous bunch. For reference, those five writers are (in no particular order):

J. R. R. Tolkien H. P. Lovecraft Ray Bradbury Jack Schaefer Stephen King

Of those five, I would argue that King is the one who dips most frequently into hu...