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Exaggeration is a device in humor. On the other hand, you need to care about believably in writing, especially in fiction writing. For example, I'm writing a story where the main character goes to...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:29:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T04:29:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
Exaggeration is a device in humor. On the other hand, you need to care about believably in writing, especially in fiction writing. For example, I'm writing a story where the main character goes to her university to find out about a weird topic. She is laughed at in class. And later in a lab. After this, she becomes a source of gossip--her schoolmates start calling her a nickname and many people she meets later on recognizes her: > "Yeah," De-Shi said. "She's very enthusiastic about animal suicide. You should've seen the little commotion she caused in the department." > > "Oh," Cath covered her mouth, "she's Hanging Pup." > > "Yup, the very one," I blurted back. I had no idea my fame had spread so far. This, obviously, is unlikely to happen in real life; I just wrote it for comedic purposes. The thing that worries me is that some of my readers pointed out that believability issue--so I'm confused. Can you sacrifice believability for the sake of humor at times? If so, what are the limits?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-07-26T07:25:50Z (over 9 years ago)
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