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What helps with the second story is to make it big. Exaggerate as much as you can. The first story needs to be realistic and believable. In fact, if you are talking about yourself, your setup must be basically true. You don’t want to say you are single and five minutes later talk about your wife. With the second story all bets are off, the crazier the better. We love a good fish tale. An audience wants to believe the unbelievable. Make your second story bigger, harder, faster, louder, smellier, more colorful, and stronger.

Surprise

The basis for any joke is a surprise at the end. When the audience knows exactly where you are going it’s just not going to be as funny. It’s the shock that generates the laugh. It shows that you are intelligent for writing something that the audience didn’t expect to hear.