Product Description

Think you're funny? Writing successful comedy isn't just about having a gift for gags; you need to hone your talent and polish your humour toearn a living from making people laugh. If you want to write stand-up comedy, sketches, sitcoms or even a comic novel or film, How to be a Comedy Writer tells you all you need to know and more about the business, the structure of jokes and the nuts and bolts of a craft that can be learnt.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99692 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Dr. C George Fry completed his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University, D.Min. at the Winebrenner Theological Seminary, and recipient of several honorary doctorates. Previously he has written biographies of Washington Gladden, Avicenna, Francis of Assisi, Berthold von Schenk and Raymond Lull as well as a number of textbooks. The Concordia Historical Institute recognized Fry's previous work on "Matthias Loy" with a "Citation" for outstanding scholarship. Fry is currently Professor of Church history and Theology at Winebrenner Theological Seminary at the University of Findlay. Joel R. Kurz received his B.A. in English from The College of the Ozarks and his M.Div from Concordia Theological Seminary. He has had essays and poetry published in several journals, in addition to collaborating with Dr. C. George Fry on two previous biographies by The Edwin Mellen Press.

Customer Reviews

Comedy Job Centre
The title could, arguably, be said to fit the book but the subtitle, Secrets from the Inside, could not. The book is not essentially how to be funny, but about the kind of jobs you might apply yourself to if you are. They include live comedy (stand-up), sketches, joke books, comedy novels, comedy plays, sitcoms and so on.

Okay, a whole 14 pages are devoted to Comedy basics and there are a few short sections of analysis here and there but nothing you probably haven’t read before and absolutely nothing in any depth.

If you want an overview of the sort of areas a comedy writer can work in, this book will give you that. But if you want to learn how to be funny, it won’t.