It’s best to avoid light-hearted hijinks or humor in your novel or screenplay. Instead of a wry quip, try a phrase that begins with “Dear Leader” and ends with ranks of your comrades cowed on the ground, bawling their eyes out. Instead of a banana peel slip or a Three Stooges-like nyuk nyuk nyuk, talk about how much more righteous your country is than soft, capitalist South Korea.
Writing for Commies: 7 Tips from Kim Jong Il’s 1986 Treatise on Literature
Want to write like the Dear Leader? Here's how.
Each Scene Must Be Dramatic
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Writing for Commies
- Learn to Write the Kim Jong Il Way
- Write the Seed
- Promote the Party
- The Lead Character Must Be a Revolutionary
- Compose the Plot Correctly (a.k.a Fertilize Your ‘Seed’)
- Each Scene Must Be Dramatic
- Use Words that Are Full of Meaning and Easy to Understand
- Settle All Conflicts in Accordance with Class Struggle