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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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