Writer's Craft: Comedy Gold - The Art, Science, & Non-Sequitur of Writing Humor
Title:
Writer's Craft: Comedy Gold - The Art, Science, & Non-Sequitur of Writing Humor
Year:
2016
Original Order:
13109
Game:
2016-SEM1699061
Group:
Writer's Symposium
Short Description:
You don't have to be born funny to tell a good joke, and even if you WERE born funny your jokes can be better. The tools and techniques you need are here. Prepare to laugh while taking notes.
Long Description:
Howard Tayler has been a student of humor ever since discovering that he could use words to send milk up someone else's nose. For decades he thought, like most people, that humor was a gift, and that the tricks for workshopping a good joke couldn't do more than fine tune the funny that was already there. He is quite happy to have been wrong. Humor, like cross-stitch, phlebotomy, and rocket science, is something people can learn to excel at, even if they weren't born telling lactate-launching lunchroom gags. In this presentation, Howard will lay down the basics, and then show you the tools you'll need to begin putting polished humor in your own works. Using the research of McGraw & Warner as a foundation, he’ll draw techniques from the works of Adams, Adams, Gaffigan, Pratchett, Niven, Twain, Watterson, and more. Don’t forget to take notes, don’t bring tomatoes, and do not drink milk.
Event Type:
SEM - Seminar
Minimum Players:
1
Maximum Players:
60
Age Required:
Teen (13+)
Experience Required:
None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)