So. What's The Difference?

Writer Billy Mernit (Imagine Me and You, due in bookstores next year [and, I'm betting Billy will be working on a screenplay adaptation soon]) explains how Chris Rock's 'I Think I Love My Wife' is different from mainstream comedies, but similar to hard-to-explain dramedies by Rohmer, but not too similar or too different, and the (probable) reasons for the above-mentioned similarities/differences.

Also, Billy explains the difference between writing in 'Screenwriter' mode and 'Novelist' mode.

It's all good stuff.

Getting The Bones Down

Billy Mernit's novel, the formerly entitled Making Up, now titled Imagine Me and You, is scheduled for release next year. (See how my suggested title, Match, did in the contest to help find a new title after his publisher informed him they were not cozying up to Making up -- so close, so very close!).

Mernit's guide to screenwriting, Writing the Romantic Comedy, has gotten lots of good comments and his blog Living the Romantic Comedy should be a regular stop for the aspiring writer. There's good insight into the process, and, if you post a comment, Billy replies.

In his latest post Billy runs down his process for outlining a novel. Check it out.