Tony: On Writing Genre
September 7th, 2009 |Bounce on over to Mr. Loren Eaton’s writing and literature blog, I Saw Lightening Fall, for a guest post by Tony about writing in the mixed genres of comedy, noir and action. Here’s a little excerpt to get your taste buds drippin’:
[...] When I spoke to Loren about our online comic Tuna Carpaccio P.I., I felt compelled to begin with “it’s a noir comedy” and intrinsically labeled myself a genre writer; a slave to the genres’ expectations: “farce,” “fiction,” “melodrama,” whatever. Tuna Carpaccio P.I. had no choice: It not only had to be dark, gritty and full of crooked dealings, it also had to catch you off guard, involve jokes and (you know) make you laugh at some point. And these were only the essential expectations of writing in these genres![...]
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