Writing Humor (Lit Starts)

Writing Humor (Lit Starts)
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 70
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ISBN-10 : 9781647009724
ISBN-13 : 1647009723
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Writing Humor (Lit Starts) by : San Francisco Writers' Grotto

A book of writing prompts from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series. Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Humor starts with a foreword by author Chris Colin, who offers pointers for developing your own comedic style. The rest of the book consists of prompts and space to think, providing opportunities to explore your voice in various hilarious scenarios. Among other ideas, you’ll be asked to write: an account of a bachelor, from the perspective of his refrigerator a Craigslist ad for something you are desperate to sell a eulogy to a pair of jeans that no longer fit an evaluation of a coworker in the form of a school report card a list of embarrassing moments that are funny in hindsight Take to a café, on vacation, or on your morning commute and practice your creative writing a little bit at a time. Special Features Advice from a published writer, followed by prompts Part of a collection of single-subject writing prompt books by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto Check out the other books in the Lit Starts series: Writing Action, Writing Character, and Writing Dialogue.

Fierce Pajamas

Fierce Pajamas
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Publisher : Modern Library
Total Pages : 527
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ISBN-10 : 9780375761270
ISBN-13 : 0375761276
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Fierce Pajamas by : David Remnick

When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, he called it a “comic weekly.” And although it has become much more than that, it has remained true in its irreverent heart to the founder’s description, publishing the most illustrious literary humorists in the modern era—among them Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman, Mike Nichols, Woody Allen, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor, Ian Frazier, Roy Blount, Jr., Steve Martin, and Christopher Buckley. Fierce Pajamas is a treasury of laughter from the magazine W. H. Auden called the “best comic magazine in existence.”

Serious Guide to Joke Writing

Serious Guide to Joke Writing
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Publisher : Book Shaker
Total Pages : 212
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1907498370
ISBN-13 : 9781907498374
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Serious Guide to Joke Writing by : Sally Holloway

This comprehensive joke writing masterclass has been devised for beginners and experienced joke writers alike. The techniques you will learn can be used again and again to write funny and original material. You hold in your hands the key to unlocking your inner comedy genius.

Comedy Writing Secrets

Comedy Writing Secrets
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 340
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0898795109
ISBN-13 : 9780898795103
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Comedy Writing Secrets by : Melvin Helitzer

A comprehensive guide to writing, selling and performing all types of comedy. Includes comments, advice, gags and routines from top comics.

How to Write Funny

How to Write Funny
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Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages : 248
Release :
ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018771227
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Write Funny by : John Kachuba

A discussion of the basics and genres of the comic point of view includes essays and interviews with such authors as Dave Barry, Sherman Alexie, and Melissa Bank.

How To Write Funny

How To Write Funny
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1499196121
ISBN-13 : 9781499196122
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis How To Write Funny by : Scott Dikkers

The definitive comedy-writing handbook from one of the genre's most celebrated writers, this easy-to-follow guide lays out a clear system for creating humor that gets big, milk-coming-out-of-your-nose laughs, reliably and repeatably. You'll learn...* the three sure-fire ways to generate material* the 11 kinds of jokes and how to tell them* the secret to permanently overcoming writer's block* and many more tips, tricks and techniques

Before and After the Book Deal

Before and After the Book Deal
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781948226417
ISBN-13 : 1948226413
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Before and After the Book Deal by : Courtney Maum

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide written by an acclaimed author. There are countless books on the market about how to write better but very few books on how to break into the marketplace with your first book. Cutting through the noise (and very mixed advice) online, while both dispelling rumors and remaining positive, Courtney Maum's Before and After the Book Deal is a one–of–a–kind resource that can help you get your book published. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including international bestselling authors Anthony Doerr, Roxane Gay, Garth Greenwell, Lisa Ko, R. O. Kwon, Rebecca Makkai, and Ottessa Moshfegh, alongside cult favorites Sarah Gerard, Melissa Febos, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Mira Jacob. Agents, film scouts, film producers, translators, disability and minority activists, and power agents and editors also weigh in, offering advice and sharing intimate anecdotes about even the most taboo topics in the industry. Their wisdom will help aspiring authors find a foothold in the publishing world and navigate the challenges of life before and after publication with sanity and grace. Are MFA programs worth the time and money? How do people actually sit down and finish a novel? Did you get a good advance? What do you do when you feel envious of other writers? And why the heck aren’t your friends saying anything about your book? Covering questions ranging from the logistical to the existential (and everything in between), Before and After the Book Deal is the definitive guide for anyone who has ever wanted to know what it’s really like to be an author.

At Wit's End

At Wit's End
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Publisher : Fawcett
Total Pages : 225
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307778246
ISBN-13 : 030777824X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis At Wit's End by : Erma Bombeck

"America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire." THE BOSTON GLOBE Madcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. What do you mean you're a participle in the school play and you need a costume? Those rotten kids. If only they'd let me wake up in my own way. Why do they have to line up along my bed and stare at me like Moby Dick just washed up onto a beach somewhere?"

Humor Writing

Humor Writing
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Publisher : National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0814122132
ISBN-13 : 9780814122136
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Humor Writing by : Bruce A. Goebel

In an educational environment of high-stakes tests and school accountability, humor has been virtually banned from the classroom. That's a shame, and perhaps a mistake, since student success depends on engagement, and young adults seem to be naturally drawn to comic media. How can you take advantage of your students' interest in humorous material? According to Bruce A. Goebel, incorporating humor writing into the classroom not only reduces student anxiety but also provides them with an opportunity to study and practice the careful and effective use of language. Divided into four chapters--(1) Humorous Words, Phrases, and Sentences, (2) Funny Stories and Essays, (3) Light Verse, and (4) Parody--the book offers more than 150 activities you can use to help students develop writing skills in voice, word choice, style, and organization while exploring a variety of genres. Depending on your purpose and needs, you can either sprinkle brief lessons throughout your instructional units or create an extended humor writing unit. Perhaps most important, these activities offer students the rare opportunity to express their creative, divergent-thinking sides in an increasingly serious classroom space.

The Sarah Book

The Sarah Book
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0988518392
ISBN-13 : 9780988518391
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sarah Book by : Scott McClanahan

McClanahan is the only real successor we have to Breece D'J Pancake. Old-fashioned storytelling from modern Appalachia.