Guidance to Aspiring Writers

A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Humor in Stories, Essays, and Blog Posts

This 5-step process might help you ingest humor into your posts and show you how to deliver your speech to leave a lasting impact on your audience

Dr Mehmet Yildiz
SYNERGY
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11 min readAug 16, 2023

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As writers, we know how powerful humor can be. It can make our writing more engaging, relatable, and memorable. It can also help us connect with our audience on a deeper level. Humor is more than just about making people laugh. It’s also a powerful tool for education and persuasion.

When used effectively, humor can help us make complex ideas more accessible and easier to understand. It can help us challenge people’s beliefs and make them think about things differently.

Starting my humble humor journey through Toastmasters in the 1980s was a transformative experience. Within its structured and nurturing embrace, I honed my ability to craft and deliver humorous speeches.

The camaraderie of participating in humorous speech contests further molded my mindset, seamlessly integrating humor into both my personal and professional spheres. Besides, humor helped me to improve my physical and mental health and enhance my life satisfaction.

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Written by Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com