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A GIRL’S GUIDE TO WRITING A ROMANTIC COMEDY ...LIGHT AND LOVE-LY
"Let others' pens dwell on guilt and misery."
Jane Austen
- POSSESS A FULLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF HUMOR – (FRIENDS CALL YOUR HUMOR INSANE, GOOD FRIENDS CALL IT WHIMSICAL.)
- TAKE A SERIOUS APPROACH.
- BEFORE BEGINNING REMOVE ANY DANGEROUS OBJECTS FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT MIGHT CAUSE INJURY IF SELF-INFLICTED.
- BE PREPARED FOR EDITORS TO SAY “HUH? (HUMOR IS PURELY SUBJECTIVE.)
- READ THE GREAT ROMANTIC COMEDY AUTHORS (YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.)
- WHILE WRITING, PLAY APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND MUSIC: C’MON GET HAPPY, DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY, MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY, HAPPY TOGETHER, PUT ON A HAPPY FACE…
- BRING OUT THAT QUIRKY CHARACTER LIVING WITHIN YOU.
- KEEP JOHN VORHAUS’BOOK, THE COMIC TOOL BOX HANDY.
- BALANCE THE COMIC WITH EMOTIONAL RELIEF.
- RESTORE FLAGGING SPIRITS BY WATCHING GALAXY QUEST. Never Surrender!
- BE IN THAT HAPPY PLACE AND “FEELING” FUNNY 24/7.
- ABOVE YOUR COMPUTER POST STEPHEN COLBERT’S FRIENDLY REMINDER: “IF YOU MAKE THE FIRST ONE GOOD, YOU’LL NEVER HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK.” (think Margaret Mitchell)
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