Comedy Writing Quotes
Comedy Writing Quote of the day
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.
And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.
In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror.
Rule number four for me as a writer? Plotlines are like sharks: They either keep moving or they die. ~J.R. Ward
I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.
But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.
I love 30 Rock. It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that.
If Dante was writing The Divine Comedy in 2013, he might very well have set part of it in the suburbs.
Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.
But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.
A good approach is to allow one dream per novel. Then, in the final revision, go back and get rid of that, too.
Does talking to yourself in the voice of your fictional character count as being social?
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
