Writing Comedy: A Guide to Scriptwriting for TV, Radio, Film and Stage
Posted by adminMar 30
Product Description
Sharing his success from a long career, Richard Wolfe explains how to get started in the business of writing comedy and explains the different techniques required for TV, radio, stage, and film scripts. This essential volume is packed with advice from such top scriptwriters as Carla Lane, Jack Rosenthal, Barry Cryer, and Alan Plater. Experience and advice are also provided by Beryl Vertue, executive producer of Men Behaving Badly and Coupling. Crammed with example… More >>
Writing Comedy: A Guide to Scriptwriting for TV, Radio, Film and Stage
This book helped me turn a corner in my writing by showing me how a professional writer thinks. Unlike the authors of most of the other writing books I use, Wolfe actually earns his living as a writer, and he focuses on technique, not theory. One chapter in particular is worth the price of the book, the one where Wolfe goes over a question he calls “the writer’s best friend.” This technique alone helped change my thinking and move me more in the direction of being a professional writer. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to write sitcoms as Wolfe does (I don’t particularly want to), you can still learn valuable tips from this practical book.
Rating: 5 / 5