How to be a comedy writer [electronic resource] : secrets from the inside / by Marc Blake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blake, Marc.

Series:

Creative Writing Skills, 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--Authorship.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Luton] : Andrews, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Think you're funny? Writing successful comedy isn't just about having a gift for gags; you need to hone your talent and polish your humour to earn a living from making people laugh. If you want to write stand-up comedy, sketches, sitcoms or even a comic novel or film, How to be a Comedy Writer tells you all you need to know and more about the business, the structure of jokes and the nuts and bolts of a craft that can be learnt. This new ebook edition has been specially formatted for today's e-

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Introduction; How To Be A Comedy Writer; Comedy Basics; Why laugh?; Forms of humour; Live Comedy; Stand-up; Character comedy; Live sketch shows; The comedy play; Recorded Comedy; Screen basics; Broken comedy; Sitcom; Screenplays; Published Comedy; Joke books; The comedy novel; The Business Of Comedy; Aspects of the job; Writer's block; Topical gags; Writing on spec; Stand-up; Sketches; Edinburgh; Plays; Sitcom/comedy drama; Screenplays; Submitting the comedy book; Submitting the comedy novel; Agents; Resources; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-97234-3

1-283-41427-9

9786610972340

9786613414274

1-84989-231-8

1-84024-956-0

OCLC:

699474643