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147 | Elemental Co-Writer Brenda Hsueh On Balancing Comedy and Drama In Our Writing

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Pitch a Joke in a Room

"There's something to pitching an idea in a room versus pitching a joke in a room and not getting a laugh. Like that is way more devastating than pitching an idea that doesn't get traction," she said. "The good news is it does get easier and it does get stronger as you use it."

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