Laughing in the Face of Danger Pt. II

The Hows and Whys of Using Humor to Freshen your Prose, Strengthen your Story and Deepen your Characterization. Oh, and hook your reader!

DRAMA APPEALS TO EMOTION, WHEREAS COMEDY APPEALS TO THE INTELLECT In LAUGHING IN THE FACE OF DANGER PT I, we talked about the key principles of comedy and how to incorporate them into your work. In Part II, we are going to discuss WHY you should do that very thing. (No, really, you should.) COMEDY IS TRAGEDY HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE I know what you’...