As anyone can tell, the story “Writing Is Easy!” by Steve Martin, was intended to be funny. Although, I didn’t find it funny one bit. The humor in this story was very weak and didn’t really convey a strong funny effect. It’s clear this story wasn’t written for a teenage mind like myself to find humorous. To most teenagers, writing is a chore and is typically the reason us teens stay up to 1 o’clock in the morning trying to finish essays. For Steve Martin to say, “Writing is one of the most easy, pain-free, and happy ways to pass the time in all the arts.”, (5) as the first sentence of his story, is a great way to get people to not finish reading his story. This story was meant for people who enjoy to write, teach writing, or have a passion
