How to Write a Great Joke

The anatomy of a joke, as told by the best comedians

Sruthi Korlakunta
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readJun 17, 2020

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Original Photo: Mathew Schwarz on Unsplash, modified by author

Look closely at stand-up comics of the day. Do you observe some recurring themes, patterns, and a sense of it right before a punch line brings it home? That is because you have a subconscious patter-recognizing machine that ships with being human.

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