Humor, Comedy & Sketch Writing

by Ed Toolis

All the hard-won lessons I've learned, over the years, about writing humor. This is the Best Time, in the History of the World, to Write Humor Multimedia Writing And the Field is Still Wide Open The Importance of a Writing Journal Importance of Zen Questions Samples of Multimedia Writing Comic Perspective & Humor as a Spiritual Quest to See the World in a Unique Way An Open Letter from All of Mankind A Little Known Fact What is a Comic Perspective? Theories of Where Humor Comes from Humor Style Two Approaches What to Look for Bottom Up Approach to Finding a Comic Perspective: Where Do Comic Characters Come From? In the Types of Relationships In Dysfunctional Relationships in Character Flaw in Occupations In Stereotypical Roles with Circularity in Inner Conflict in Environments, Settings or Situations in Reality TV Concepts Top Down Approach to Finding a Comic Perspective: with Theme and Story form Books of Lists in Self-Help Books in Painful Truths Research & the Psychology of Creativity Advantages of doing research Types of research - active and passive Research Brainstorming Lists: Getting the Most Out of Articles Breaking Down a Broad Theme into Topic to Explore Using Stereotypes in Self-Help Books to Create Material Using Self-Improvement Articles to Create Comic Characters Sketch/Story Structure & the Social Psychology of "Memorable Moments" Humor is more dependent on proper structure than any other form of writing Planning the Sketch or Story Sketch/Story Structure Beat Outline The Game of the Scene Advance Storytelling Types of Sketches or Stories Group Dynamics in Sketches Types of Sketch "Plots" Sketches Lifted from the Media Sketches that Play with Time Special Forms for the Theater The Writing Process Goals of Each Layer: For simple, 600-1500 words projects For long, more complex projects Revision and Self-Improvement Pre-Sketch Brainstorming List Uses of Subtext in Humor Characterization & the Social Psychology of Making Characters Come Alive on the Page & on the Stage First impression: Socioeconomic status Setting and roles Type of stereotypical characters Temperament Motivation Emotional Reactions: Changes in mood or attitude Dialog tags in prose writing & parentheticals in sketch scripts Body language Looks How words are said Internal Monologue Sketch structure, emotional musicality and character transformations Why It's So Difficult to Get the Words to Come Out of Your Mouth the Way You Hear Them in Your Head Body Language Styles of High & Low Status Characters Solo Sketch & the Social Psychology of a Great Conversation Writing in First Person What is solo sketch? The Social Psychology of a Great Conversationalist or Solo Sketch Structure Types of solo sketch or journeys Personality & Character Traits and What You Can Do with Them The Interior Monologue and Doing Research on Yourself Doing Character Studies Performance Evaluation Checklist The Social Psychology of Satirical News Items Why Satirical Writing? Forms of Satirical Writing Turning News Items to Headline News Stories Turning News Items to Stories Recycling Current Events Humor The Psychology of Publicity Stunts A Current Events Brainstorming List"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518818854
• ISBN13: 9781518818851
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"