Comedy Writing Secrets

So you’ve got the gift of glee, and you long to make people laugh? Well, with Melvin Helitzer’s help you can: either from behind the typewriter and/or before a live audience. In this book, funnyman and university professor Helitzer reveals all the tricks of the comedian’s trade. You’ll learn the practicalities of comicality, the basics of comedy writing, the anatomy of humor, the avenues by which you can turn your comedic talent into a well-playing pursuit — even why the demand for humor writers far exceeds the supply.