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Q&A How do I keep the plot interesting in a humorous book?

I am about to start writing a fantasy-comedy novel. A problem I found in 1-2 books of this genre is that the plot becomes weak, and the story starts to slow down. The reason I believe this happens...

4 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel fantasy comedy
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:54:24Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/3829
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Shantnu Tiwari‭ · 2019-12-08T01:54:24Z (about 5 years ago)
I am about to start writing a fantasy-comedy novel. A problem I found in 1-2 books of this genre is that the plot becomes weak, and the story starts to slow down.

The reason I believe this happens is that there is no big struggle or evil villain. Since there is no tension in the plot (as it is a comedy book), the plot soon loses focus.

The story breaks down to "Hero goes to place A, does something funny, then goes to B, does something funny" etc.

How do I avoid this problem?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-09-05T12:31:22Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 11