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To Write Selling Humor
People Will Remember Your Writing If You Use Humor Humor is ignored and misunderstood in writing. But learning to use humor will improve your writing and your bottom line. Inside are two complementary workshops from experts who can help you ride the comedy wave to successful humor writing. WRITING SEINFELD-STYLE “Entertaining and informative…” – Billboard Magazine “Funny and insightful…” – Nothing (Newsletter for Seinfeld Fans) What was Seinfeld all about? Hear producer and writer Peter Mehlman’s take on that (no moral lessons, lie and scheme shamelessly, & lust, lust lust) in this 90-minute workshop recording. Learn the secrets of a good episode and how Jerry Seinfeld, the star, and Larry David, the co-creator, assembled one of the most successful and long-running (1989-1998) television comedy series ever broadcast. PETER MEHLMAN was a writer and held various producer titles during the heyday of Seinfeld. Mehlman’s produced scripts include “The Nose Job,” “The Implant,” and “The Smelly Car.” He went on to executive produce “It’s Like, You Know” and “The Father of the Pride.” HOW TO WRITE HUMOR Top comedy writer and professor of humor Mel Helitzer presents a 90-minute workshop on the basics of how to make humor work for you, whether you’re writing humor, using it in business or just want to make a point with a punchline. Learn the theory of humor and its six ingredients, how to use “reverses” and “triples,” the 10 kinds of jokes and how to handle jokes that are based on sex. MEL HELITZER teaches humor at the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He has written award-winning commercials, humor for newspapers and magazines and material for many professional entertainers. Legendary comedians Carl Reiner and Steve Allen have endorsed Helitzer’s work. |
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2 Cassettes: 3 hours total National Public Radio commentator, essayist, and author Winik teaches a workshop on her craft, with a great section on humor. Also includes a talk on the Ethics of Self-Exposure and her reading of eight of her finished essays. |
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Write Is To Know: Making Friends With Your Mind
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cassettes: 2 hours total Pioneer of "clustering" and author of Writing the Natural Way, Rico offers writing as a way to discover who you are and what you think. Full of exercises and techniques; hear what audience members wrote; science of chaos discussed. |
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Your Literary Voice 1 Cassette: 90 minutes ISBN 1880717-352 Price $12.95 Chicano writer examines the importance of language and who you are as a person to the voice you choose as a writer. "Assume people don't care; make them care with language," says Saenz. BENJAMIN ALIRE SAENZ is one of the country's most important Hispanic writers. He is a children's book author (Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood), novelist (Carry Me Like Water), and an American Book Award-winning poet (Calendar of Dust). His first calling as a priest led him to study writing in Paris and California. He now teaches in the bilingual MFA program at the University of Texas at El Paso. |
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to Write Humor By Mel Helitzer 1 Cassette: 90 minutes ISBN 1880717-158 Price $12.95 [Order Now] Author of three books on writing humor, including Comedy Writing Secrets, explores the theory of humor, its six ingredients, and the uses of humor in print, broadcasting, speeches, ads, etc. Top comedy writer and professor of humor Mel Helitzer presents a 90-minute workshop on the basics of how to make humor work for you, whether you're writing humor, using it in business or just want to make a point with a punchline. Learn the theory of humor and its six ingredients, how to use "reverses" and "triples," the 10 kinds of jokes and how to handle jokes that are based on sex. Mel Helitzer teaches humor at the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. He has written award-winning commercials, humor for newspapers and magazines and material for many professional entertainers. Legendary comedians Carl Reiner and Steve Allen have endorsed Helitzer's work. |
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the Inspirational Book By Keith Miller 1 Cassette: 90 minutes ISBN 1880717-123 Price $12.95 [Order Now] The Christian book market is large and growing, with more than $500 million a year in sales. Best-selling author Keith Miller takes you through a proven, step-by-step process to turn book ideas into a completed manuscript. He includes how to come up with a working title and table of contents, how to choose your audience, how to gather material, and how to write and rewrite. He also offers practical, encouraging advice on how to approach your writing, and an expert analysis of what to look for in book contracts. Keith Miller wrote The Taste of New Wine , which sold in the millions, and has written more than a dozen other books. He also has produced video and audio instructional packages for the inspirational market. His undergraduate degree is in business, and he has graduate degrees in psychology and theology. He travels the world to speak at churches, colleges and seminaries and has keynoted many national conferences. |
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of NPR: Writers on Writing1 cassette - 90 minutes ISBN 1-57042-642-2 Price: $12.95 Publisher: National Public Radio & Time Warner AudioBooks [Order this title from Amazon.com]  ANNE LAMOTT, author of "bird by bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life," and speaker on the Writer's AudioShop title "Word by Word" compares writing to "singing on a boat in a terrible storm at sea." From his home in Montana, NORMAN MACLEAN, author of "A River Runs Through It", tells how writing helped resolve the identity crisis brought on by his retirement. JOAN DIDION explains how there are "no terrific stories . . . only terrific ways of writing them down." JOHN MCPHEE, distinguished nonfiction writer and New Yorker magazine correspondent, describes the method by which he perfects a piece of writing. WALTER MOSLEY, creator of the bestselling books with detective Easy Rawlins, explores whether he is a social critic or a mystery writer. Ireland's RODDY DOYLE, author of "The Commitments" and "Paddy Clarke Ha-Ha-Ha," suggests how fear and anxiety can be useful components in the process of writing. Award-winning poet and teacher SHARON OLDS discusses the importance of separating an artist's public and private lives. Octogenarian poet and woman of letters MAY SARTON, visited at her Maine home, offers a rare and illuminating portrait of a life in the arts. Proceeds support National Public Radio
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Winik Live: Advice & Inspiration for Personal Essayists
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