Humor Helps Challenge Expectations

Re-writing history can be more than just for laughs.

Challenging a reader’s expectations is one of the best ways to keep them interested in a story. Having readers think that a scene or piece of dialogue will conclude in a certain way, only to have events take a left turn, will keep them on their toes, possibly for the rest of the narrative.

Humor is a particularly useful tool in challenging a reader’s exp…