User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/So You Want to Make the Audience Cry?/@comment-26268104-20151001215437/@comment-24101790-20151001215842

The trick is really understanding the progress of the story, randomly shifting from a mournful funeral procession to a slapstick Benny Hill-esque chase scene can be jarring. You need to ease from one to the other. A big component of emotional stories is getting the audience to relate (or at least understand) the characters. If you can create a character who has a wry/twisted sense of humor, the transition will be much easier, but there are other methods, I would suggest looking over Penpal for a good example of how to incorporate the three.