Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Article on how to be funny when writing comedy
It's not very often I come across an exceptional blog article that helps aspiring comedy writers improve their craft. Comedy writing often presents as easy to write because usually the writer or speaker makes it look so damn natural and easy. It seems like magic. On more than one occasion, I've found myself gazing admiringly into a writer's eyes who just wrote something that lead my writers group into unexpected gasping and snorting fits of laughter. My many stand-up comedian friends used to say, "Comedy is serious business." So naturally, comedy writing must be REALLY serious business. Today Writer's Digest published an article called, 10 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING WHILE THINKING LIKE A COMEDY WRITER helps simplify it just a little bit, and every little bit helps. The article lists ten excellent tips on penning with a more comedic angle.
Do you know of any other good comedy writing blog posts or articles floating around on them there interwebs? If so, please post them in the comments for our other readers to check out.
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Not the newest book anymore, but still full of solid information on writing sitcoms, is Successful Sitcom Writing (St. Martin's Press). The author says that the foundation of good comedy is strong character, and the best comedy dialogue isn't a joke you could put into any character's mouth but one that works specifically because it comes from that character. The author is Jurgen Wolff--who happens to have the same name as me...wait a minute, it IS me. What a coincidence...
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