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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments Find Your Funny, my new blog on adding a touch of humor to your writing, just went live!

Yes, the site is still a work in progress.
Yes, I’m still trying to distinguish a widget from a whatsit.
Yes, I absolutely need your feedback to improve along the way.

Comments eagerly welcomed!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments I think the bulb is burned out in this Authors Blogs Spotlight.

Still...

New post today: Recognizing Successful Humor - It's not just laughter.

Feedback gratefully accepted.

Find Your Funny

Thanks.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Inhibitions Are For Sissies

at Find Your Funny

Inhibitions inhibit imagination, and they're not hard to overcome.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Fear Not! They Is Laughing!
at Find Your Funny

There is no reason to fear adding your sense of humor to your writing. Here’s why.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments Any feedback gratefully accepted!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at Find Your Funny:

Humor Myths – Another One Bites The Dust

Women and humor: Some myths are simply ridiculous!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: The Writer IS a Performer

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It's your head...and your show!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Funny, Funny Relationships

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When we write something funny, relationships are revealed in a whole new light.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments Feedback gratefully appreciated!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Funny, Funny Relationships - Part 2
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Is comedy based on pain? Cruelty? Superiority? Maybe.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Funny, Funny Relationships - Part 3

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While not the only possibility for humor, the funny relationship is the most prevalent.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: The Comic View

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There's much to be learned from the Comic View of these jokesters.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post: Beat That Joke

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You can always write a better joke. Here's how.


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Douglas Wallis | 6 comments beware I'm back - thats no joke!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at Find Your Funny

Do You Like Politically Incorrect Humor?

Political correctness has been pushed to such ridiculous extremes that a three-legged dog is no longer disabled, he's "paw-challenged".


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at Find Your Funny

Favorite Jokes

Sharing a few favorite jokes.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at "Find Your Funny":

Write, Edit, Gag

Post editing is the ideal time to give your prose a humor boost.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at "Find Your Funny"!

Are Facts Funny?

Facts can be amusing without any effort from the writer to enhance their humor.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New Post at Find Your Funny :

The Comic View: Eric Idle

Eric Idle captured the magic of silliness and put it on display.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New entries posted for

History's Missing Quotes

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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Jokes That Fail

Occasionally failing to get a laugh is... Wait for it! ...part of the game.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

No One Respects Cowardice Any More

Is self-censoring really avoiding reader offense, or avoiding criticism?


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Sarcasm: Are You PRO or CON?

Sarcasm is part of our culture, and it's here to stay.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Politics as UNusual

Even if politics is not your forte, there's a lot to be learned from political humorists.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Bigger Than You Think

Humor writers have a unique love of exaggeration. However, they are not alone.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

What Does It Mean To ‘Push the Envelope’?

Success is rarely risk free, and there are huge benefits to riding the razor's edge.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Angles, Bangles and Tangles

A change in perspective is often much more successful than struggling repeatedly to beat your frontal lobe into submission...and productivity.


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments Have you ever been the only person laughing in a movie theater? Ever noticed something hilarious that no one else got. You’re not alone.

Lisa wrote: "It's so much fun in my head. But people around me never seem as amused."

Read more at: Find Your Funny!


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Jay Cole (jay_cole) | 130 comments New post at Find Your Funny!

Modus Operandi: Ridiculous!

While humanity, collectively and individually, likes to consider themselves rational, living up to this unreasonably high standard is far beyond our abilities.


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