Synopsis:

• The definitive book on how to "write funny" is the first to compare writing comedic screenplays with fiction and non-fiction in all forms.

Using principles developed in his UCLA Extension class on Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction and his CBS Studio Center seminars on Screenwriting, Schreiber includes:

· 80 excerpts from writers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

· unique writing exercises developed exclusively for this book

· vital sections on comedy writing for TV, stage and radio, too

Where else would you find...

· The 11 Modes of Comedic Dialogue

· 13 Things Bad Screenwriters Commonly Do

• The Cream of Wheat Theory of Exposition

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Topics/Categories:

comedy, Humor, Jokes, Literary humor, Screenplays, Screenwriting, Writing

Genre:

General Humor, Humor

Type of Work:

Book

Publishers:

Michael Wiese Productions

Purchase From:

Amazon

Formats:

Paperback