"Here is a wealth of practical advice both on how to get your career off the ground and how to keep it up there. Whether you are writing routines, sketches, sitcoms or comedy for print, this book will encourage, inform and inspire you. This updated edition looks at all the lates…
Comedy writing is widely perceived as more difficult than other forms of writing. Here, experienced author John Byrne breaks down the basics of writing comedy into simple steps and shows how to make the most of your individual comedy writing talent.
Comedy writing is widely perceived as more difficult than other forms of writing. Here, experienced author John Byrne breaks down the basics of writing comedy into simple steps and shows how to make the most of your individual comedy writing talent.
"When you provide the comic relief for the Leader of the Free World, the line between funny and weird can get a little blurry. Consider the extraordinary experiences of Mark Katz, the in-house humor writer of the Clinton White House, whose job was to produce the president's comi…
Simple yet powerful ways to write hilarious material on any subject: Insider tricks professionals use to get going and keep going; where jokes really come from and why this makes writing easier; techniques for creating simple puns and wordplay for laughs; how to tap into a conti…
Simple yet powerful ways to write hilarious material on any subject: Insider tricks professionals use to get going and keep going; where jokes really come from and why this makes writing easier; techniques for creating simple puns and wordplay for laughs; how to tap into a conti…
Every great joke has a punch line, and every great humor writer has an arsenal of experiences, anecdotes, and obsessions that were the inspiration for that humor. In fact, those who make a career out of entertaining strangers with words are a notoriously intelligent and quirky l…
In this entertaining and inspirational book, you'll hear from 21 top humor writers as they discuss the comedy-writing process, their influences, their likes and dislikes, and their experiences in the industry.
It takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation. Explaining how it works and how to bre…
It takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation. Explaining how it works and how to bre…
It takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion Editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation. Explaining how it works and how to bre…
It takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation. Explaining how it works and how to bre…
