Comedy Writing Workbook

The whole range of tricks for successful comedy writing is examined in this book. The author, one of Bob Hope's top writers, analyzes what he does to produce one-liners, anecdotes, monologues, formular jokes, cartoon captions and teaches the reader how to master the skill. CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN WORKING WITH JOKES WORKING WITH WORDS WORKING WITH CAPTIONS WORKING WITH RELATIONSHIPS WORKING WITH IMAGERY WORKING WITH ALTERNATE MEANINGS WORKING WITH OBSERVATION WORKING WITH ANALYZATION WORKING WITH TOPICS AND SUBTOPICS WORKING WITH JOKE WRITING WORKING WITH EXAGGERATION AND DISTORTION WORKING WITH JOKE STRUCTURE WORKING WITH SWITCHING WORKING WITH JOKE BUILDING WORKING WITH TOPPERS WORKING WITH REWRITING WORKING WITH MONOLOGUES WORKING WITH TRANSITIONS WORKING WITH STORY PLOTTING WORKING WITH STORY STRUCTURE WORKING WITH PRODUCTIVITY WORKING WITH CREATIVITY PARTING WORDS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX