Comedy Writing

The first in a series of comedy writing tips, Shock Factor.

The nominees for the Emmy award of Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series are writers from the shows 30 Rock and Flight of the Conchords.

When you think about the phrase, "literary devices," Comedy may not be your next thought. Literary devices are only used in serious, stuffy writing, right?

You can have the funniest setting, the most humorous situation and the cleverest slew of props, but if you're characters aren't laugh-out-loud amusing, your comedy writing is going to fall flat.

A brief explanation of part of what makes comedy classic as opposed to temporal.