Fear

   Satire is like any other writing format that has or ever will exist, it consists of pretty words, an idea, and sometimes even contains a moral. And like all the other formats out there, this falls under the ever present danger of procrastinated, or better yet, not being written at all. Fear is the first sin on this list due its small contribution to shitty unfinished novels and rise in anti-depressant prescriptions.

Sloth.

   Closely related to Fear, this sin constitutes a majority of the Satire that is produced. Lazy satire will tend to have a variety of problems in its construction, delivery and over all writing capabilities. When writing satire, there are a lists of things that need to be taken into account, failure to do so can cause the sinner in question to fall deeper into Hell by unintentionally committing one of the greater sins below.

 Redundancy

   After you’ve gotten past Fear and Sloth, the next obstacle in your wake will be Redundancy. In order to refrain from sounding redundant myself, let me note that redundant in this case pertains to the audience that you are trying to reach. So, have you ever tried to explain theology to a sheep? If you have, you probably have noticed that there was no clear change to its intelligence, yet somehow you felt the knowledge being drained right out of you, right? This is the same with satire. The aim of satire, is to change the opinion of your target audience. Exaggerating the properties of the audience in order to make it so ridiculous that it sparks change is your job as the satirist. So directing satire at people that are against change, not only will you not get a spark, but more importantly, you will be wasting your time.

 Anger

   Frustratingly difficult to comprehend but very important is the sin of Anger. Satire allows you a certain level of freedom when it comes to how you portray the audience that you intend to satirize. While satire can make people angry, that doesn’t mean that you are allowed to run wild and make accusations of the audience. The aim here is to restrict yourself to the satire itself. Make jokes, have fun, but don’t bash on the audience for the sakes of bashing them. That will make them lose interest, sales rates for your book deal will drop, and once again, antidepressant companies make bank.

Treachery

   This one is just as important as the sin one tier above this one. When writing satire, you need to stick to your beliefs. Your personal opinion will be open to the public. When you make your opinion public, people may criticize you for it, which may insight you to recant your piece. Don’t do that. For one, you will lose credibility, and two, you were supposed to mean it, and its satire, not fiction. (This varies on genre)

Fraudulence

   Don’t lie!!!!! Lying about a person or people is called slander. Slander is a small something that can get you in a big trouble, real quick. If the book deal wasn’t doing too hot before, this will surely get antidepressant companies that much closer to world domination. I mean better them than the commies right?