32. Joan Ford talks about making your villains more likable and relateable

Joan Ford is super smart and thoughtful. That's what I liked the most about this conversation. We talked about the trap that many writers fall in to - especially when writing about something that bothers them or makes them angry. Joan spoke to the idea of writing characters that you don't like in real life and broke down a challenge she gave herself which was to find the humanity in them and make them relatable and more accessible.Ultimately, she was trying to find a way to make assholes funny. Joan is the coach of Bombardier at UCB and was the coach of Sugar. She was also a writer for nephew.Now she writes for Nerdist and is likes the challenge of remaining positive. Apparently all the positive video commenters only go to Nerdist. This week we read a sketch by Calder Holbrook (@CalderHolbrook) You can send in your sketches to [e-mail] and have our guests critique them on the air. You can get tickets to Bombardier here: https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/54087 You can buy Joan's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Action-Girls-Saving-Looking/dp/194209910X Follow her on Twitter - @JoanHaleyFord You can follow us on Twitter - @Foowpod @JeremiahBurton1 @imtweedy See you next week.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices