: Re: Does having too many humorous scenes make the readers unable to take the plot seriously? The story I'm writing has its epicness and drama, but I also want it to be funny, with jokes, puns,

One of the saddest stories I know, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried," by Amy Hempel, is full of humor. (Interesting - it's available online.)

The humor is used there like a magician uses misdirection. The narrator and the main character are both funny, and they joke around through the whole piece until the end when things go bad, then the story breaks your heart.

Read it, and read lots of other things too. Tons of authors write serious stories full of humor. Lorrie Moore is famous for humor in her stories, even "People Like That Are the Only People Here," the one about an infant with cancer. (It's in Birds of America.)

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