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thatweirddolldude · 8 months ago

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I can write the saddest story, with genuine tragedy and despair that can still make you feel hope and hold on for what could be a happy end. . . but a joke?

If I try to write a joke I'm being lazy and not thinking how the character could use humor in a natural way to bring ease to both the audience and the other characters. If I write a joke I'm trying to make the audience laugh and not let the characters live in their moment.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BTW! If you use a lot of jokes in your writing, I love that for you! I love reading it! My favorite book is a comedy. I'm just not funny and you know if I'm trying to be funny and I don't just let the characters exist. . . then *I'm* being lazy.

#writing is weird #I'm often told I can paint a very clear picture with very clever wording #But I'm not told I'm funny even when they do laugh #I've had people openly laugh at my writing because of what the characters are saying #not becuase what they said was funny #But becuase I write really engaging stories with worlds that really suck them in #not to suck my own dick #but #people say more shit about my writing then they do my art #The only thing people ever say about my art is that the texture is good and my color pallet is my own color pallet #BUT MY WRITING?#Golly I've been compared to people's favorite authors #I've shown people snippets and chapters from my book and they read the pages with awe #online people don't. . . people don't really care about my writing or my art online. . .#but people irl? oh my g_d. . .

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