How do you write both comedy and drama well?

I need to know how to write both comedy and drama well for my fanfiction. It's called My Little Pony: Magic vs Technology. Can anyone help me, please?

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[Leondude]

Ooh, now this is a tough one. While I mostly specialize in comedy, I have dabbled in drama, as this story I wrote can tell you:

TOld Mare Luna

• MLP: FiM
• Dark
• Adventure
• Drama

In an alternate universe where the villains won, Luna is busy living a quiet life in a land far away from Equestria. But one day an old friend shows up to ask a favor of her.

• Gore
• Violence
• Death
• Alt. Universe
• Luna
• Discord
• Chrysalis
• King Sombra
• Tirek

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Then again, this story also has comedic moments in it, most of them courtesy of Discord. My approach would be to start off dramatic, then add humorous moments and bits of dialogue before getting into more drama later on. Well, that's my approach anyway.

[Heroic412227]

But how do I write comedic moments of my own, and how do I make sure they don't ruin the drama and vice versa?

[Leondude]

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When it comes to making sure the comedy doesn't ruin the drama and vice-versa, it would probably be best not to go into comedy immediately after a very dramatic moment. Allow the audience time to take in the dramatic moment that just happened. And as for writing comedic moments of your own, I'm...not sure how to answer that one. Maybe have the heroes engage in a bit of banter or something like that?

Oh, and thanks for the follow BTW.

[Heroic412227]

Okay. Thanks, and you're welcome.