On Writing

“Comedy is the riskiest form, the riskiest genre. There’s a simple logic to comedy, especially when it comes to film or literature: if people don’t think it’s funny, it’s instantly dead — the project, the narrative, whether it’s a film or a book, is stillborn. And that’s the risk. Unlike drama in film or literature or in any serious project where the reader’s or viewer’s understanding can be delayed to some extent — someone can engage with a film or a book for ten, fifteen, twenty days or two years and keep coming back to it — with comedy, if it’s not funny the first time around, it will never be funny.”

— Aleksandar Hemon

Via AdviceToWriters

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