#5 There must be ample set-up to the joke, providing the pertinent details the audience needs to know.
#6 There must be a punch line or strong conclusion.
#7 When in doubt, the shortest distance through Step #5 and onto #6 is usually best.
#8 Avoid detours. As a rule, jokes work best in a straight line.
Based on these principle steps, I can break my story down into 3 crucial parts giving me the principle three act structure.
Set up/ Begining:
- Man buys a baboon, is told not to touch it.
- Man touches baboon anyway
- Baboon goes crazy and chases the man
- Baboon catches man and touches him back, says "Tag you're it"
Each part is crucial to a good joke and a good story. Without the set up, the punch line would make no sense, without the middle, the story would not flow, without the end, it wouldn't be funny.
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