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194 | Romantic Comedy Writing Masterclass w/ Billy Mernit

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Exploring Contrasting Characters and Setting in Romantic Comedies

This chapter delves into the significance of contrasting characters with differing worldviews in romantic comedies, emphasizing the role of setting with examples from movies. It also discusses the traditional theme of class differences, the current state of the rom-com genre in the market, packaging a rom-com with unique storytelling, addressing modern themes in relationships, and recommends various movies for writers to study, including classics and modern films.

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