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Comedy is not magic, not inspiration, not a “gift.” Mostly, it’s simple rules and structures—the logic of the illogical—tools that anyone can use.
The Comic Toolbox is a straightforward, often humorous, workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorhaus offers his tools of the trade to writers, comics, and anyone else who wants to be funny. Among these indispensable tools are Clash of Context, Tension and Release, The Law of Comic Opposites, The Wildly Inappropriate Response, and The Myth of the Last Great Idea.
Readers will learn that comedy = truth and pain (the essence of the comic situation), that fear is the biggest roadblock to comedy (kill your ferocious editor within and rich, useful comic ideas will flow), and much, much more.
With Vorhaus’ tools in hand, anyone can be funny.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00R3KEMMC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Silman-James Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 15 December 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5.1 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 235 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935247401
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #10,303 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #28 in Theater eBooks #79 in Theater & Ballet #252 in Humour (Kindle Store)
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