I hate comic ideas

[elfs]

My first drafts contain a lot of typographical errors, and sometimes these are a source of some fun. The one that happened today was quite entertaining: Daniel said, "I never expected to reach the director's office, Caprice. Or chairmanship." But my fumbling thumbs hit the spacebar and that last came out "Orc hairmanship."

Orc hairman. "Hairman" sounds so much more orcish, if you will, than "barber" or, Ea forbid, "stylist."

I'm probably wandering into Mary Gentle territory with just the idea. And I don't have time to write it. But I amused myself this morning with images of the Orc hairman and his collection of tools, the settings in which he works, and the risks and rewards of his profession.

Unfortunately, I have little flair myself for comedy beyond the one-shot grins and giggles of storytelling meant to keep the reader reading. Actual comedy is, as Jerry Seinfeld will tell you, relentlessly hard to write.

Comments

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

hrm... some part of me wants to see you collaborate with Ursula Vernon, on this one...

[bolindbergh]

Just avoid having any cow orkers in the same story.

[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

Something to file next to 'goblin haberdashery', I think.