Oh, he is screwed. I don't know him on a personal level, so I don't know IRL, in person, if he's truly a funny guy.
I've read watched and listened to more interviews with him than I can count and he has never once said anything (intentionally) funny.
I have other projects I'd like to get it done first, but for this specific project, I need to get good on the humor portion.
Writing a comedic novel, I've found, is actually REALLY hard. You have to get the tone exactly right. It's incredibly easy to slip into drama or farce if you don't manage to be consistent with it and keep the jokes coming at the right rate. And choose the right jokes, of course. I also tend to write comedy more frequently and more easily when I'm incredibly enraged. I've been told it shows, too. Make of that what you will.
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I've read watched and listened to more interviews with him than I can count and he has never once said anything (intentionally) funny.
Writing a comedic novel, I've found, is actually REALLY hard. You have to get the tone exactly right. It's incredibly easy to slip into drama or farce if you don't manage to be consistent with it and keep the jokes coming at the right rate. And choose the right jokes, of course. I also tend to write comedy more frequently and more easily when I'm incredibly enraged. I've been told it shows, too. Make of that what you will.
I hope you do!