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Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind

Mary Ann Rishel

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Description:Learn how to expand the humor in your imagination into the most fulfilling and fun-filled genres in creative writing -- from comedy to a satirical essay to a joke monologue -- with the help of Writing Humor, the first textbook of its kind for college students. Providing both theory and praxis, this insightful and creative text-book explains how to write humor, comedy, satire, parody, nonsense, and both the literary and the joke monologue. Through its close analyses of short stories, sketches, essays, and scripts, it is a must-read for serious and not-so-serious writers of every genre. Guiding aspiring writers through the many techniques for creating humor, it illustrates and analyzes what works and what doesn't, suggests ways to energize passages that fall flat, and offers insights into brainstorming, team writing, and revision.This book includes the history and cultural background of each major genre, followed by a rich array of writing exercises. Readers will find an inventive selection of examples to learn from, including a script from M*A*S*H and pieces by such humorists as Woody Allen, Ogden Nash, and Art Buchwald -- and by students as well.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind. To get started finding Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Learn how to expand the humor in your imagination into the most fulfilling and fun-filled genres in creative writing -- from comedy to a satirical essay to a joke monologue -- with the help of Writing Humor, the first textbook of its kind for college students. Providing both theory and praxis, this insightful and creative text-book explains how to write humor, comedy, satire, parody, nonsense, and both the literary and the joke monologue. Through its close analyses of short stories, sketches, essays, and scripts, it is a must-read for serious and not-so-serious writers of every genre. Guiding aspiring writers through the many techniques for creating humor, it illustrates and analyzes what works and what doesn't, suggests ways to energize passages that fall flat, and offers insights into brainstorming, team writing, and revision.This book includes the history and cultural background of each major genre, followed by a rich array of writing exercises. Readers will find an inventive selection of examples to learn from, including a script from M*A*S*H and pieces by such humorists as Woody Allen, Ogden Nash, and Art Buchwald -- and by students as well.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind. To get started finding Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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