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I think the real question here is why are you putting the jokes in. If you are trying to characterize someone, then the public domain is open to you. There are lots of jokes to steal. They might not be funny to the reader, but the reader will clearly recognize them as jokes. Using these jokes may make the character come off as lame. It helps if the other characters laugh and say that he is funny. Maybe you can also change the jokes around a bit to get a laugh.

The other reason for jokes is to make the book funny. If humor is one of your main promises of the writing then you can't steal jokes. Any reader that recognizes even one will groan and you will loose points. Even worse if the reader knows exactly where the joke came from. If you want to write a funny book, then you have to be original, there is just no getting around that.

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: The posters here are absolutely right, the first thing you should do is look to an alternative income source. Making money from novel writing is a long-term goal and takes decades, not months

: Capital letters in copy-written material I am presuming this is a style question, and that it has a name. I presume there is a place to learn about it, such as 'Elements of Style' however

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