
What is dark humor exactly? - Writing Stack Exchange
Dark humor (aka black humor) is about finding something funny in a difficult situation, one where humor is usually not acceptable. Dark humor is not about being offensive.
Can the expectation of something funny be subverted with something …
Dec 14, 2022 · Dark humor is hilarious, but there's something to be said for a scene where normal humor, like back-and-forth quips and witty wordplay, is suddenly broken by, say, the corpse on the …
How is an antithesis used in creative or formal writing?
Oct 10, 2017 · The struggle and story are played out through the intermediaries that are the main characters - both protagonists and antagonists, but the true antithesis in the story is the Dark Lord. …
Executing a tonal shift - Writing Stack Exchange
It is quite common for a work of fiction to show a "Calm before the storm". Maintaining good humor after the tonal shift is much more difficult, and rare. The movie " " is the first example which comes to my …
Mixing humour with horror in fiction - Writing Stack Exchange
May 30, 2018 · This is horror with dark humor. It mixes world-ending horror with spies with the bureaucracy of the civil service with computer geeks and parody/pastiche (the second book is one of …
How can I portray body horror and still be sensitive to people with ...
Feb 19, 2019 · I don't know if your definition of "body horror" includes the brain. One great fear we all have is losing our memories. Not an amnesia situation (though that could be a horror too), but …
Signs of Bad Character Development - Writing Stack Exchange
Mar 3, 2011 · Well, first and foremost - do you believe in the character? Do you think he/she is sympathetic? If so, you're already in a good position - because you have a believable, sympathetic …
How can I write humor as character trait? - Writing Stack Exchange
Mar 21, 2019 · I have a character that likes to make humor, puns and jokes. Humor should work here as a character trait; something really peculiar to this particular char. He says a lot of puns because he …
Is the often used black and white symbolism inherently racist?
Jun 7, 2020 · It is an extremely common trope that white/light means good and dark/black means bad/evil. I thought that - contrary to the appearances - the black/white symbolism is not racist.
Where can I find a dictionary for the Aklo fictional language?
Jan 16, 2017 · The text was, he found, in the dark Aklo language used by certain cults of evil antiquity, and known to him in a halting way through previous researches. The diary is strangely reticent about …