Comic Writing
The Exaggeration Trap: When a Comic Character Gets Too Much
Learn how comic character exaggeration can blur a personality, and use one consistent contradiction to make a…
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Comic Writing
The choices behind funny scenes, essays, sketches and stories.
Our point of view
Comedy rewards a second look
A joke can entertain and make us notice something at the same time. We explore how comic choices work without insisting that laughter has only one explanation.