Comedy Genre

Introduction

Write comedies where a rule comes back to bite the one who made it

For comedy, light comedy, absurdist and twist-comedy dramas. Covers the engine of a rule, scheme or lie turning on its maker, escalating predicaments, chains of misunderstanding, the straight man and the clown, setup-pause-punchline timing, and callbacks with well-timed reveals. Reach for it when writing, revising or checking a comedy.