The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny

Author: Steve Kaplan SKU: the-hidden-tools-of-comedy-the-serious-business-of-being-funny Category: Screenwriting

Show me the funny!

While other books give you tips on how to “write funny,” The Hidden Tools of Comedy offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy itself, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts.

Steve Kaplan unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy, deconstructing sequences in popular films and television to show when comedy works, when it doesn’t, and why.

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Meet The Author

Steve Kaplan

Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on comedy.

In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve Kaplan created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre.

He regularly serves as a consultant and script doctor to such companies as Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, Paramount, Touchstone and others.