Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

11.35: Elemental Humor Q&A with Victoria Schwab

For our third Elemental Humor episode Victoria Schwab joins us as we field questions taken from our audience at Phoenix Comic-Con. Here are the questions:

  • How do you add humor to a serious story without breaking the tension?
  • How do I move beyond the “Dad jokes” and into properly funny writing?
  • When is humor necessary in horror?
  • Where is the line between a comedic book, and a book that uses humor as a subgenre.
  • How do you make dialog sound natural, while still sounding funny?

Credits: this episode was recorded live at Phoenix Comic Con by Jeff Cools, and mastered by Alex Jackson.

Homework: Write  a joke, and have each of your characters tell that joke. Find a way for them to tell that joke “in character,” in their style.

Thing of the week: A Darker Shade of Magic, by V.E. Schwab.

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