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Activity for David Good‭

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Edit Post #4168 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
Edit Post #4150 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
Answer A: Can a likeable character be unsympathetic?
There's a number of movies that feature criminals that are either the protagonist or a likeable character in some way. Like John Travolta's cheeseburger-loving assassin in "Pulp Fiction" or Bruce Willis in "The Whole Nine Yards" or Bill Nighy's reluctant assassin in "Wild Target".
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about 13 years ago
Answer A: How do I keep the plot interesting in a humorous book?
In the end it depends on your style. If you are a Douglas Adams you can make every paragraph downright hilarious. Voltaire, on the other hand, wrote satire of the society he lived in, so did Mark Twain. Can you give us more clues as to what you're writing?
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about 13 years ago