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Looks great. Much success to you

excited to see this in its entirety! Lovely the way you let the people be the story and not the catastrophe, LOVED it!

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Awesome work. Thanks for sharing. Great success to you.

Thank you Derek!

Great!! Thank you very much, Jonathan!

I write a culinary cozy mystery series that has a lot of humor in the series. I've had to do a lot of my own research with shows and movies I watch for research while taking notes. I've read craft books like The Eight Characters of Comedy by Scott Sedita and other comedy craft books as well. Timing is huge, and as @jonathankramer said irony is important as well as many other things. With comedy, I've found at times hyperbole can be your best friend while at other times it is your worst enemy--so being able to find a balance at times is necessary too. Good luck!

Wow, thank you very much, Jodi. Very kind and generous with your knowledge. I want to watch your series! :)

Cheers, it takes guts!

I was convinced I could never write comedy or sci-fi, too intimidating.

Now working on my sixth feature script. I've chosen to tiptoe my way in to comedy, by characterizing the tone of the story for myself as not comedy, but _______ __________ (genre) "with a comic tilt."

That way, I'm not trying too hard right away to make it funny.

One of my fave examples is The RunDown with Dwayne Johnson. Funny and also a great adventure story.

So I can focus on the story. Because I've found, as long as I build the rich tapestry of story material the way I love to do, an intricate and powerful character web, movement through intriguing and organic locations, subplots, craft, cinematic actions large and small and constant rollercoaster of value charges, arcs and interdependencies, what's happened is that I arrive at a point after plenty of rewrites, drafts, punch-ups, restructuring, dozens of polishes, etc., where finally very much at the eleventh hour ...

the characters really seem to come alive on the page and under the tension and romance and pressure get super saucy with each other and write their own dialogue!

And it turns really hilarious because of all the powerful story work. I just open the door and then think of funny really organic smart-ass repartee and situational dynamics, it's a long road but maybe eventually it will bring me to actual comedy. In the meantime I'm really enjoying even being able to deliver a modicum of funny, through this rather convoluted and defensive set of creative tactics.

Awesome