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e-Book The New Comedy Writing Step by Step: Revised and Updated with Words of Instruction, Encouragement, and Inspiration from Legends of the Comedy Profession download

by Joe Medeiros,Carol Burnett,Gene Perret

ISBN: 1884956661
ISBN13: 978-1884956669
Language: English
Publisher: Quill Driver Books; Revised ed. edition (May 1, 2007)
Pages: 267
Category: Writing Research and Publishing Guides
Subategory: Reference

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Gene Perret taught himself to write comedy in the early 1960s by studying the technique and the writing style of the great comedians of the day, especially Bob Hope. This led to his writing comedy material for many nightclub performers, including Phyllis Diller and Slappy White.

Gene Perret taught himself to write comedy in the early 1960s by studying the technique and the writing style of the great comedians of the day, especially Bob Hope. In 1968, Gene was signed to contribute to "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. That led to a television career writing for "The Jim Nabors Hour," "Laugh-In," "The New Bill Cosby Show," "The Carol Burnett Show" and others

Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Perret covers all aspects of comedy writing in his uniquely knowledgeable and anecdotal fashion. Remember this book is, or at least some of the book is, about writing comedy and not performing it. Examples of comedy that are presented are lame in my opinion, and very dated. Some might still enjoy that kind humor - I don't.

Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's ""Comedy Writing Step by Step"" has been the manual for humor writers for 25 years. Perret covers all a Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's ""Comedy Writing Step by Step"" has been the manual for humor writers for 25 years. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere.

Perret covers all aspects of comedy writing in his uniquely knowledgeable and anecdotal fashion. From the Inside Flap: From the basics of comedy writing as a craft: disciplining one's wit, discovering what works, visualization, and avoiding the obvious.

Автор: Perret Gene Название: The New Writing Comedy Step by Step . From award-winning comedy writers Gene Perret and daughter Linda Perret, this joke book is guaranteed to be great fun for the family-especially Mom.

From award-winning comedy writers Gene Perret and daughter Linda Perret, this joke book is guaranteed to be great fun for the family-especially Mom.

Gene Perret's Patented Comedy Exercises. 9. The Value of Monologues.

Table of contents for The new comedy writing step by step : revised and updated with words of instruction, encouragement, and inspiration from legends of the comedy profession, by Gene Perret. Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding. Foreword . ix By Joe Medeiros. Gene Perret's Patented Comedy Exercises.

revised and updated with words of instruction, encouragement, and inspiration from legends of the comedy profession. Published 2007 by Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press in Sanger, CA. Written in English. Authorship, Wit and humor, Internet Archive Wishlist.

Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's ""Comedy Writing Step by Step"" has been the manual for humor writers for 25 years. In this new book, 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. Perret covers all aspects of comedy writing in his uniquely knowledgeable and anecdotal fashion.

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Akinonris

The anecdotes are the best part of this book aside from the titular step by step guidance you probably came for. Perret has tons of experience from his years writing for the likes of Phyllis Diller and Bob Hope, and he also mentions some comics in the 80s like Emo Phillips who are still around but not on TV so much anymore and are really worth checking out on YouTube or following on Twitter.

On my second time through reading it, I think there's some outdated information -- e.g. it doesn't seem as good of an idea to write greeting cards or newspaper comics anymore. But the Carol Burnett script examples are timelessly valuable, as is the structural writing advice, especially the chapter on routining.

Some mention of Twitter would be really useful in a future edition. With the advent of internet self publishing, it's easier than ever to find an audience for your comedy as well as a community of comedians to learn from. Current successful comedians have been using social media not only to find new fans but also ensure that the right audience will come to their shows, which is a major change from the old club culture of the 80s.

I keep the digital edition on my ipad so I can highlight the passages that are particularly useful to me and skim through my notes quickly for inspiration when I have a creative block. It's always nice to have some encouragement, and this book's supportive tone will keep me writing comedy for the rest of my life.

breakingthesystem

It's an okay book. Filled with to much fluff for me to rate it higher than a three. To much of it is the Author reminiscing about his glory days as a writer for Bob Hope and Phylis Diller, which is awesome that he accomplished that, but not very useful or interesting to me.

The writing exercises in the second section give you some ideas and something to work on. Remember this book is, or at least some of the book is, about writing comedy and not performing it.

Examples of comedy that are presented are lame in my opinion, and very dated. Some might still enjoy that kind humor - I don't.

AfinaS

Comedy can be learned, and Gene Perret is a masterful teacher. You won't be a master when you finish reading the book, but if you do the exercises you will be well on your way to being a very competent comedic writer.

Manemanu

Although this is by far his best book, it's not especially helpful when it comes to writing. He does give good advice when it comes to having the right attitude but he spends all of one chapter discussing actual writing techniques.

Avoid all of his other books at all costs. It's just the same recycled stories over and over.

RUsich155

Gene Perret is a genius. He knows comedy writing and how to teach it.

Sadaron above the Gods

I enjoyed reading this book. The author walks you through the processes of creating jokes, writing monologues, and even on how to promote your material. I found this book to be an interesting worthwhile read.

Jarortr

Very practical advice. It made a difference in my comedy writing immediately.

He had both me and my seven year old writing corny jokes by the book's end. He's a funny guy, a throwback from days when comics actually told jokes. I laughed out loud at his Bob Hope and bomb sniffing dogs joke. I mean, this guy wrote many, or was it most (not sure), of the Phyllis Diller "My mother is so..." jokes. That alone makes him an expert in my book.

His exercises had my son and I dreaming up jokes in minutes using his simple rules. I'm not a comic, so I don't know if these rules are something every comic knows or not; but I didn't know them so it was new to me. Seems to me that his exercises on joke writing also apply to writing prose that is more dramatic and has greater tension. This book deserves every bit of 5 stars.