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Funny Motivational Speaker Shares An Easy Joke Formula

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One Easy Formula To Help a Funny Motivational Speaker Write Hundreds of Jokes

As a motivational speaker, I spend a lot of time looking for humor and preparing it for the stage.  Writing funny stories are easy for me, but writing a joke is extremely hard for me. So I need formulas. And there’s one formula that works every time – the rule of threes. It’s not my formula, and I’ve heard so many share it, that I’m not sure where it started. But it works.

Humor is really about the element of surprise – setting your audience up to think you will say one thing, and then you say something else. You surprise them. That’s the concept behind the rule of threes – you are surprising them at the end.

In the rule of threes you list two serious things, and then make the third thing outrageous and surprising to the audience. On the third thing, you say what the audience does not expect you to say.

You can do it with any subject.   You just have to find three things to say about it – and try to make the third as outrageous and exaggerated as you can. The more absurd, the funnier it will be.

Here are some examples:

When I was young I was afraid of snakes, the boogey man, and failing in school. Now that I’m older, I’m afraid of taxes, inflation, and pee’ing when I sneeze. 

I’m from the South which means I like my tea sweet, I’m used to hot weather, and I’m pretty sure lard is a food group.

Being in a relationship is hard – you have to look nice, be on your best behavior,  and hope they don’t find out you live with your mother.

I’m a performer which means I love the stage, I love the lights, and I’m about one bounced check away from living out of my car.

When you’re a mom, there are three things you should remember: too much sugar makes them hyper, don’t give them water before bed, and breastfeeding at the salad bar is not a good idea.

So there you go. An easy formula to get laughs. Have fun!

 

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Kelly Swanson
Kelly Swanson

Kelly Swanson is an award-winning storyteller, motivational speaker, published author and TV personality who is passionate about helping women harness the power of their stories to connect, influence, and get the results they dream of accomplishing. Laughing the whole way, Kelly teaches women how to master the art of connection through the power of strategic storytelling. You can find her on The Fashion Hero show airing Fall of 2017 on Amazon Prime or on her website MotivationalSpeakerKellySwanson.com.

Note: Articles by Kelly may contain affiliate links and may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on an affiliate link.

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