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Peter Tolan Talks Comedy Screenwriting

By Cameron Cubbison · May 21, 2015

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Peter Tolan (Analyze This, Analyze That) goes into the differences between comedy writing and dramatic writing. Comedy writing is much more subjective to the viewer, as dramatic writing is much more singular.

Do you agree with Tolan’s takeaways?

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