Lana Schwartz (Build Your Own Romantic Comedy)

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