ENGLISH

The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not

By John Vorhaus

Book information

Year
1994
ISBN
1879505215, 9781879505216
LCC
PN1922 .V59 1994
Open Library ID
OL1107756M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2651044 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
191\101
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is a straightforward, often humorous workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem-solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorhaus offers his tools of the trade to writers, comics, and anyone else who wants to be funny. Among these indispensable tools are Clash of Context, Tension and Release, The Law of Comic Opposites, The Wildly Inappropriate Response, and The Myth of the Last Great Idea. Readers will learn that comedy = truth and pain (the essence of the comic situation), that fear is the biggest roadblock to comedy (kill the ferocious editor within and rich, useful comic ideas will flow), and much more.

Similar books