How Douglas Adams Wrote Comedy With The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

In this video, I break down the first page of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams. a true master of classic British comedy and science fiction. I analyze the prose, author intent, and structure in this video essay. The goal of this video is to learn something new about how to write a book, how to write prose. I hope this writing advice is helpful and may serve as writing motivation.
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Alex Cortright is a writer with a love for learning, writing and discussing story, especially sci-fi and fantasy!
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[@aliegan2109]

Great analysis! Subbed!

[@thebuilder5271]

6:02 I just noticed the double meaning here,,, It doesn’t specify if “it” is the house or the sun, because both his house and the solar system have been scheduled to be “knocked down” to build a bypass 💀💀💀

[@user-cw6zo8yz8z]

Whoa! Thanks for posting this. That’s hilarious and I wouldn’t have noticed it. That is exactly another part of his style though.

[@vextronx]

This is great content, highly underrated!

[@andreasbrey6277]

what about 'the ordinary' and soberness? What made you think, that you need footage of bad movie 'content' and elevator music? ;-)

[@h.r.gerrard2960]

I'm sorry, but I found your presentation really annoying.
And you're using footage from that truly awful movie!
I'm happy your subscribers enjoy you, I just couldn't!