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Writing project
In one of my classes I was given a project to make a modern day adaption of a classic fairy tail, and I'm doing Cinderella. I have many different ideas on how to make it unique from the millions of other adaptions of the story, but there's one thing I want to do that I need some help with.
The story is going to deal with heavy topics, and as with all serious stories, I'm going to need some sort of comic relief. To be clear, Cinderella in this is a foster child who was adopted for the sole purpose of extracting money from the state. Her birth parents are both dead.
The foster parents and the two daughters (meant to be the parallel of the step mother and step sisters, with a father thrown in) are crooked and evil. One of the step sisters is supposed to be more reedemable, while the other one is cruel and unlikeable but severely troubled, making her actions more understandable. I was thinking of making the parents be the most sinister characters but more clownish and ridiculous to be a comic relief (think the Theynadiers in Les Miserables or the Engineer in Miss Saigon.)
I've never really written comic relief characters before with that specific purpose, and usually just left it being dark, but I want to with this story.
How exactly do you make a funny character, especially one like this, without it being painfully obvious or cringey?
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Hi, your story plot seems interesting. And your idea of making it into a comic relief, would come out different and fantastic due to the angle by which your audience would view it. I am a graphics Artist/designer, and I have worked on numerous artistic story telling plots similar to yours. I would be glad if given the oppourtunity to work with you on this project of yours, what makes me unique is my character designs are hand drawn before redendering with graphics designing. My fees are affordable and negotiable, reach out to me via robertysmith501@gmail.com so we can begin right away.
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