One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too many writers get stuck in the trap of writing what they think is funny and not considering who they are writing it for.
It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.
It annoys me when people can't differentiate between the character and the actor, which is a little bit silly.
When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing.
I'm constantly being surprised and finding unplanned things - because the writing is a process of experiencing things on the ground with the characters.
I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes.
I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?
I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier.