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Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy)

Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy)

Update: 2024-05-22
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Danielle Krage interviews writer Lana Schwartz, whose interactive book ‘Build Your Own Romantic Comedy: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man and Direct Your Happily Ever After’ was named one of Vulture’s Best Comedy Books of the Year.


Lana has also written for The New Yorker, and is a contributor to The Onion. In this interview she shares her obsession for romcoms and the craft of comedy.


Chapters


00:00 Introduction and Background


08:57 Favourite romcoms. Beats and tropes.


23:37 Building a Career in Comedy Writing


33:28 Crafting Humour: Specificity, Heightening, and Economy of Words


37:51 Upcoming Romcom Book and where to find Lana


 


You can find Lana Schwartz here:


https://www.instagram.com/characteractresslanaschwartz


https://twitter.com/_lanabelle


https://www.lanalikebanana.com


https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Build-Your-Own-Romantic-Comedy/Lana-Schwartz/Gifts-for-Movie-TV-Lovers/9781646040056


 


You can find the transcript at:


https://comedymasterclass.com


 


And Danielle’s socials here:


https://twitter.com/daniellekrage


https://www.instagram.com/dekrage

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Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy)

Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy)

Danielle Krage