Funny Once, Funny Twice, Funny Forever

Humor has a reputation as one of the hardest and most under-appreciated types of writing there is.

It's a well-deserved reputation. Everyone over the age of five has at least watched someone else's funny story fall flat, if not had it happen to themselves. And while you can find plenty of books on writing drama, there's not much out there about writing comedy (and most of what is there seems to be geared toward writing screenplays for TV sitcoms, rather than dealing with the use of humor in...