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Writing humor: For starters, make it funny.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-MAR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 651 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Writing humor: For starters, make it funny.(Columns)(Column)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard

We interrupt this week of intense personal, political and religious reflection to keep you abreast of comedian Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant going in for a mammogram and having the machine catch on fire.

"This is ridiculous," she thought to herself. "I can't die like this. What would they put in my obituary? Cause of death: Breast entrapment?"

I'm sorry, but beyond working readers into a froth this week, I've also been judging the national Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, which Eugene's own Jasheway-Bryant won in 2003 with her hilarious reflection on an...

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