Comedy Writing Workbook

By Gene Perret

"If I miss practice one day, I notice it; if I miss practice for two days, my wife notices it; if I miss practice for three days, the public notices it." That quote has been attributed to many artists from Paderewski to Rubenstein. Even legendary golfer Ben Hogan supposedly said it. Regardless of who originated it, the advice is valid-practice is necessary to develop and perfect skills and to keep them sharp. "Comedy Writing Workbook" is a full volume of practice sessions.The 87 different workouts cover various facets of comedy writing--from structuring a joke to organizing a monologue to working with story plots and more. The workouts can help a writer learn new comedy-writing techniques or devote some practice time to skills that may need fine-tuning. These workouts teach the writer the process of "thinking funny" and more importantly, putting it on paper.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1722644710
• ISBN13: 9781722644710
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The First Practical Approach to Writing I've Found

This book has drastically impacted my comedy writing capabilities. Not necessarily because you learn anything different than you would in another book but because of the way it makes you WORK to practice every technique. Lots of room for you to fall flat but fantastic for learning to work a few hours everyday and continue to write even when not feeling like it. Doing an exercise or two a day after the first section is a great means of learning how to write regularly.

A mental gym for comedy writers.

This book is like a mental gym for comedy writers. If you are serious about comedy writing and you are ready to make efforts, this book is a must!

This book gave me a career in standup

Without a doubt, this book made all the difference in the world in my standup comedy career. After using the book, I went from unpaid open mic comic to a full-time comedy professional. The best way to describe the book is that it teaches you to write "fast 'n' funny," which are crucial to the standup comedy game. If I had to give away all the books I own about comedy except one, this is the one I would keep, hands down.

You can it for granted

This book is called Comedy Writing Workbook and that it's excatly what it is: A workbook. I would almost guarantee that you find at least one exercise per section that makes sense to you. Doing these exercises will improve your skills. You will write better and think faster. You may even become funnier, one never knows. This is the right book for people who think comedy is a craft.

This is the hands on text for joke writers!!!

These are some of the hardest writting assignments you will ever come across, but if you can persevere and continue you will see progress. Going out to open mike nights is essential to charting your growth. The only way to see if you are funny is to go out and make other people laugh. To the would be humorist, screw up your courage and sharpen your pencil and have a ball exporing the world written and performance humor!!!