You're Funny!

by Gilles, D. B.

• ISBN13: 9781932907957
• ISBN10: 1932907955
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions

Summary

You're Funny! is the next best thing to being in a comedy writing class. It covers the different ways to earn a living as a comedy writer, including writing sitcoms, jokes for late night talk shows, parody, stand up, and screenwriting.Every day men and women of all ages and walks of life who think they're funny decide to take a shot at making a living writing comedy. Some are fresh out of school. Others are older and have worked in other careers, but find themselves frustrated because they're not doing what they want to do. The majority of these people don't know how to go about becoming a comedy writer. You're Funny! will point them in the right direction and show them how to write.

Author Biography

D.B. Gilles teaches comedy writing and screenwriting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He is the author of The Screenwriter Within and The Portable Film School and is co-author of W. The First Hundred Days: A White House Journal. D.B. is also a script consultant and writing coach and writes the popular blog, Screenwriters Rehab.

Table of Contents

Foreword: You Can Say Funny Stuff, But Can You Write It?	p. xi
Two Jews Walk Into a Bar: Comedy Writing Basics	p. 1
Introduction: Somebody Laughed	p. 3
Laughs, Giggles, Yucks, and Appreciative Nods	p. 7
If You're out of Touch, You Won't Get in the Door	p. 13
WWLD: The Genius of Larry David	p. 17
Short Humor, Parody, and Satire	p. 23
Start Small With Short Humor and Blogs	p. 25
Getting in Touch With Your Inner Oscar Wilde	p. 31
Television: Sketch, Sitcom, and Late Night	p. 39
Writing Sketches	p. 43
Bits, Jokes, and Monologues	p. 53
The Sitcom Spec Script	p. 57
Writing Your First Spec Script	p. 63
Writing Your First Pilot	p. 69
Turning Your Pilot Idea Into a Script	p. 77
Stand-Up: The Unique World of Stand-Up Comics	p. 131
Going It Alone	p. 133
Screenwriting	p. 149
Writing Short Comedy (For Funny or Die and Other Comedy Websites)	p. 151
Writing the Full-Length Comedy Screenplay: What's the Right Genre for You?	p. 155
Always Leave Them Laughing	p. 169
About the Author	p. 171
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