Question

How to impose humour in writing without using emoticons or acronyms such as "lol"?

Answer 1

Just by using tone to convey the emotion you're trying to set through diction (word choice). This usually comes naturally if you try and make your writing lighthearted; don't be afraid of wry humor or making fun of things, especially yourself.
A lot of it depends on your subject. Fiction or nonfiction?

Answer 2

That was very well explained^^
From personal experience, it involves acting "bubbly" and to refrain from adding extra details or words... getting to the point. Like @wach says, it's word choice that makes a difference.
I'm currently working on this!

Answer 3

Wach and Jazy are definitely right. Authors will use some diction and imagery. For instance, a favorite author of mine, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a but odd and sounds like he would be a buzzkill but he knows how to use humor in writing and is an excellent example. For instance, Slaughterhouse Five, instead of saying that Barbara was mean and pretentiously cold-hearted, he goes on to say that "Barbara is a feathery flibbertigibbet" (WORD FOR WORD), or in another scene in a heated argument between two characters. One says "Why don't you take a flying flutter at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying flutter at the mooooooooooooon?" (WORD FOR WORD). There is diction in play there. It might be tough to understand since so many "humorous" books were written ages before our era so we have difficulty in their understanding their styles of humor. Nevertheless, you can express humor in novels and literature.

Answer 4

Aha, those were the best ones. Thaaaaank you for that, dta255.

Answer 5

No problem, anytime

Answer 6

Already starting the application of that. Haha.

Answer 7

Oh, and there follows my next question.

Answer 8

By the way do you understood what the words " flutter" and "feathery" were supposed to mean?

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

Openstudy had to change them

Answer 11

The filters.

Answer 12

Ok lol