Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd Edition: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It

Editorial Review:

Updated and revised, this new edition of the best-selling favorite enables readers to master the fundamentals of humor writing and better understand the demands of the comedic market. Comedy Writing Secrets now includes:

-Examples from comedy greats as well as cutting-edge contemporary comedians, including Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, and Tina Fey

-A complete spectrum of techniques, from writing one-liners and stand-up routines, to finding a market for one's work

-Step-by-step writing exercises accompanied with sample answers, so readers can practice and hone their skills

With this guide, aspiring comics can learn how to sharpen their comedic talent and turn it into a well-paying pursuit.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Comedy Writing Review:

The information in the book was very insightful but the print was too small for me personally.

I couldn't even finish this!:

Perhaps this reveiw is a little unfair to the author. After all, I didn't actually get to finishing the book, but I've gone as far as I ever want to go with it.
I admit, this wasn't what I thought I was getting myself into when I first read the book; I wanted a book about how to write with an element of comedy, and what I got was a book about how to write comedy. Nonetheless, I figured that I needed a little more humor in my life, so I decided to start reading this...
...Three chapters later, I... more info

Excellent introductory book on the technical aspects of comedy:

This is an excellent book on the technical aspects of comedy. After reading this you will be able to analyse how the pros do it - and why some jokes are funny and some are not. Of course, it takes a lot more than this technical ability to become a good comedy writer, but this is not a bad place to start. There are numerous comedic examples sprinkled throughout the book, which range from the hilarious to the very lame - interestingly the worst jokes are the ones by the author Professor Mel Helitzer, which I... more info

Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd Ed: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny...:

- I had found this book first in my local library. In all spheres of my professional endeavours, this book has been a godsend. I had to get this book from Amazon because, months down the track, the library was wondering what had happened to their copy.
- It is not just a hand-/text-book on writing 'funny', it is an instruction manual as deep and as robust as Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People", AND it's about the 'funnies', too. Learn and laugh, wince and chuckle, laugh and learn... more info

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