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 with 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:
  / characteractresslanaschwartz  
  / _lanabelle  
https://www.lanalikebanana.com
https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...


You can find the transcript at:
https://comedymasterclass.com

And Danielle’s socials here:
  / daniellekrage  
  / dekrage  
https://bsky.app/profile/daniellekrag...