How to write a comedy script

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The result is that the more there is a chasm between reality and expectation, the greater the laughs.

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This will increase the gap between what the audience expects and what actually happens. However, to make the most of this event, you need to make sure any characters in your script are expecting the exact opposite of what will actually occur next. A large build-up refers to something that everyone expects to happen in a movie. Humour, according to comedy writers, is based on reversals.Ī big build-up is another powerful tool that you must not underestimate. Remember the scene in 2009’s The Hangover where Stu planned to marry his girlfriend? It turned out that Stu would marry a stripper, which is a reversal. What are reversals? What is a reversal? It is simply something that is not expected. You don’t need to be a comedy writer to succeed. Let’s now take a look at what comedy should include.

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You don’t believe it? Don’t believe me? Then take a look at all the “comedy” films that have been made in film history! Every one of these transgressors started with a terrible comedy script. However, if you add qualifiers like “funny”, before the words “comedyScript”, then it becomes very difficult.

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However, it is not difficult to write one. It is possible to write a comedy script in theory.

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