writing comedy

David Lawrence is one of Australia’s funniest comedy writers. He has written for Hamish and Andy, Talking About Your Generation, and a variety of other shows, including award-winning sketch comedy shows.

He runs the successful comedy business Laughing Matters and has performed in five Melbourne International Comedy shows. This has spilled over to kids books, and his latest middle grade novel, Ruby and the Pen is hilarious.

He's popped in today to tell us all about it, along with his writing process and tips on the craft of writing. 

Plus, Liv reviews two middle grade novels and chats with Ken about a bunch of new books hitting bookstores that kids are gunna love.

In this special Halloween episode, Jeff is joined by his co-writer JP Rindfleisch to celebrate finishing the 1st season of their serial fiction and to talk about the challenges of writing a horror-comedy. This conversation goes a little long because JP and I have a great time together. In case you want to skip around:

• Short conversation about Vella: 4:45-8:42
• Halloween childhood memories: 8:42-20:50
• Favorite Horror Stories: 20:50-38:40
• What Scares You: 38:40-49:27
• What Inspires Your Horror Writing: 49:27-58:30
• Balancing Comedy and Horror in a Scene: 58:30-1:12:17
• Reflections on Season 1: 1:12:17-1:28:42

For more on writing dialogue, head over to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

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