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Romantic comedies. Sweet, predictable, and exactly

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what we crave to disconnect from the real world.

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Screw the advertising patriarchy. I quit my job,

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and I need crafts. My sister, Claire. Ambitious,

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talented, but I could see burnout coming a mile

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away. Work would never actually make her happy.

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She needed to learn to let love into her life.

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Shannon, why is there a lumberjack in your backyard?

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If there was one thing I learned from all my

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years narrating romance audiobooks, it was this.

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There's a formula to romance. Whether you're

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a bookish mortal swept into a fey war, or a marketing

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director forced to slow down in a charming small

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town, there's a rom -com trope for that. I don't

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know how to exist if I'm not working. I can't

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shut my brain off. I need to do something. Or

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somebody. Have you met my neighbor Tony? I see

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what you're doing here. You're trying to rom

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-com me. You literally took Tony to a sex museum.

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What was a meddling sister supposed to do? I

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don't know. Bring me some cheese dip and let

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me live my life. I know what you're thinking.

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Romantic comedies are great, but real life doesn't

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work like that. But I'm here to tell you, maybe

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it does. The Rom -Com Formula, a scripted romantic

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comedy audio series. In production now. Follow

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us on Instagram at romcomformula for heart -fluttering

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updates, behind -the -scenes magic, and probably

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a montage or two.