Six Dimensions of Humor
1) Naughty
2) Clever
3) Cute
4) Bizarre
5) Mean
6) Recognizable


Humor is only one layer that a writer must consider. To produce good writing you need to simultaneously balance about… oh, eighteen layers of technique at the same time. Luckily, most of this happens as an automatic process.

Writing Layers
1. Logic
2. Timing
3. Messenger matches message
4. Usefulness
5. Reading level
6. Conversational style
7. Flow
8. Humor
9. Branding (of the author)
10. Intelligence (write slightly smarter than the reader)
11. Interest
12. Relevance
13. Tense (past, current, future)
14. Whose point of view?
15. Editing (grammar, spelling, vocabulary)
16. Emotion
17. Hypnosis layer (this is just me)
18. musically