How to Write Selling Humor
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Description
Humor is ignored and misunderstood in writing. But learning to use humor will improve your writing and your bottom line. Inside are two complementary workshops from experts who can help you ride the comedy wave to successful humor writing.
WRITING SEINFELD-STYLE
What was Seinfeld all about? Hear producer and writer Peter Mehlman s take on that (no moral lessons, lie and scheme shamelessly, & lust, lust lust) in this 90-minute workshop recording. Learn the secrets of a good episode and how Jerry Seinfeld, the star, and Larry David, the co-creator, assembled one of the most successful and long-running (1989-1998) television comedy series ever broadcast.
HOW TO WRITE HUMOR
Top comedy writer and professor of humor Mel Helitzer presents a 90-minute workshop on the basics of how to make humor work for you, whether you re writing humor, using it in business or just want to make a point with a punchline. Learn the theory of humor and its six ingredients, how to use 'reverses' and 'triples,' the 10 kinds of jokes and how to handle jokes that are based on sex.
