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Great article. Comedy is hard.

Reading on a iPhone I could not see the dolphins, but I may try it on a bigger screen.

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Hey Carlos, I started reading SPOILERS this morning and it's great. Leading with The Matrix was an inspired choice.

I'll give the book some love on Notes once the trolls get off my back. Also, I'll get you a review soon.

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So glad to hear you’re digging the book! And oof yeah it’s been a weird week on Notes. But once things calm down, that’d be much appreciated, thanks!

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This is really helpful!! I feel like it can be so hard to learn things as an adult sometimes, but this is a great reminder that it CAN be done, if you're willing to take the time to learn.

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Great piece, Carlos—and what a wonderful way to think of that intuition that’s needed to write good comedy (or *anything* good!).

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Thanks, Mary! It's a difficult thing to articulate and that's the best analogy I've found so far.

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Now that was a walk down memory lane with those dolphins! I remember we were all obsessed with those pictures in school. Seems that I didn't forget how to do it! While I always managed to do it intuitively, your instructions make a lot of sense! The Wikipedia fact is distressing.

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