Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-10319977-20141226134502/@comment-28938497-20150106212535

Pastas can't get as short as jokes. It takes a minimum amount of buildup and payoff to make someone feel that pit in their stomach.

Pasta need to be at least 75 words in my opinion (and even then you have to be pretty damn talented to pull it off). You can't scare someone in a sentence.