“It’s hard enough to write a good drama; it’s much harder to write a good comedy; and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy, which is what life is.” —Jack Lemmon Excerpt from ‘The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy’ There’s an ancient principle that underpins many comic stories. Ever since Homer…
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COMEDY & DRAMA
‘Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour, for a subject which will not bear levity is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.’ —Aristotle Comedy Versus Drama By Tim Ferguson [An excerpt for ‘The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy’] Narrative comedy is a not…