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About this Book
“Gene
Perret [is] the world’s top authority on comedy writing, comedy thinking,
and comedy presentation.”
—Phyllis Diller
Three-time Emmy-award
winner Gene Perret’s Comedy Writing Step by Step has been the manual
for humor writers for 24 years. With this, his first update, Perret offers
readers a treasure trove of guidelines and suggestions covering a broad
range of comedy writing situations, along with many all-important insights
into the selling of one’s work.
From the basics of comedy writing as a craft...
• disciplining one’s wit discovering what works
• visualization avoiding the obvious
on through the nitty-gritty of the work...
• finding a topic constructing monologues,
sketches, and scripts
• writing to your audience writing for sitcoms
and finally, to comedy writing as a career...
• overcoming writer’s block how to reach
“unreachable” stars
• marketing one’s material
Perret covers all aspects of comedy writing in his uniquely knowledgeable
and anecdotal fashion.
Reviews
“Gene Perret’s New
Comedy Writing Step By Step does more than teach the essentials of the
comedy craft—it inspires, involves, and instructs the reader to be a
happier person.”
—“Action” Jack McClendon, columnist, San Diego’s Today
"Gene Perret [is] the world’s top authority on comedy writing,
comedy thinking, and comedy presentation.”
—Phyllis Diller
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