Knock Knock Novels
My novel, as my readers are well aware, is a Murder Mystery,
but I like to add a little humour. This isn’t essential but I find the light
hearted moments, the moments that make you smile, make the book worth reading.
Not that the content has to be hilarious, or that it’s not valuable without the
humour, but a book without a funny side can be quite bland. A little comedy can
go a long way to letting your readers connect with the author and vice versa.
It shows the human moments, the episodes in life that are worth taking the time
to appreciate.
Maybe your book isn’t supposed to have any comedy, for
whatever reason. Maybe you don’t like the funniness in a story and find that it
detracts from the tale itself. But I think humour can be a very useful tool in
any book. You could be writing “The Most
Depressing Book on Depression” but still have some humour in there to add a
little flavour; otherwise readers who weren’t depressed would probably end up
being the subject of the sequel. Equally, “The
Most Tense Book on Tension” would be too much to bear without some jesting to
break it up.
Again, as with most of my blogs, I believe it all comes down
to preference, but I do not understand how a book can survive without any humour
involved. That being said, do you like humour in your literature? If so, what kind of humour do you enjoy? Do you like books
that are supposed to be funny? Or do you like serious stories with a little
comedy thrown in? Do you like the outlandishly hysterical humour of Terry
Pratchett, or the more subtle wit of Oscar Wilde? Personally I like them both,
because they both make me laugh.
But these are just my opinions, what are yours? Let me know
in your comments below. Read, follow, comment and enjoy. M x
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