: Re: A more specific type of "nervous laughter" A handful of my friends have an odd trait where they say something and immediately laugh after it in an attempt to judge its success. The topic is

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You are probably better off letting the context, dialogue and action reveal the type of laughter. A quick example:

"My teach said to make my art darker,
but when I made it dark, he complained
it was too dark." Jim laughed, glancing at the faces around him. "Damned
if you do, damned if you don't, right?"

In fact, the example you gave already suggests incredulous laughter. This sort of approach will lead to much better writing.

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