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Maria Bamford is a creative genius. But the process of creating is not something that “comes easily” or “is enjoyable” for her. So, over the years, she’s invented a number of helpful techniques for tricking, shaming, coercing herself into doing things. You Are (A Comedy) Special is 15-step comedic send up of a self help guide that examines Maria’s approach to stand-up in a hilarious fashion.

Author Scott Dikkers will tell you how to write jokes. He’s a master joke writer, founder of the world’s most popular humor site TheOnion.com, number one New York Times best-selling humor author, professional public speaker, and successful cartoonist. In this definitive joke-writing handbook, he'll teach you comedy writing and how to write a joke with a simple comedy-writing and joke-writing formula you can use right now to write your own jokes.

There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down...Don't sabotage your chances of selling your work to readers or publishers because the dialogue is unexceptional. Dazzle them with what the characters say. How to Write Dazzling Dialogue will give you the tools to do it.

The Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and guesswork.

Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!, the world's top-selling story method for filmmakers and novelists, introduces The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need.

Written during the formative years of motion pictures, How to Write Photoplays (Third Edition) by Embrie Zuver is a practical, no-nonsense guide to storytelling in the silent-film era—when images carried meaning, structure was everything, and writers learned to think in reels rather than words.

Writers will understand why they're stuck and how to get unstuck through proven methods of breaking the logjam of self-judging and second-guessing that keeps good screenplays from being finished. Attain confidence by knowing your story is clear and solid. Seal out negative influences such as industry experts and fleeting trends. This is a way to write a script with integrity that makes a screenplay story-worthy. This is how to write a screenplay that works.

How to Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It covers everything from journalism to screenwriting, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels. With thirty years' experience as an award-winning scriptwriter, journalist, author, and broadcaster, David Quantick is ideally suited, as a writer, to write this definitive writer's guide to writing...everything.

This is a podcast of the writings of Alex Frew and others. These include poetry, prose fiction, articles and books.

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In You Talkin’ to Me?, Seger and Rainey are here to help with all your dialogue problems. In each chapter, they explore dialogue from a different angle and discuss examples of great dialogue from films and novels. To cap it all off, each chapter ends with examples of poor dialogue, which are annotated by Linda and then rewritten by John so that listeners don’t just learn how to recognize when it’s done well - they also learn how to make dialogue better. Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, for the screen or the page, this book will get your characters talking.

Zufrieden sein wäre untertrieben, irgendwo Richtung Sonne und die Liebe dabei im Hinterkopf, das Gefühl, die Sätze an der Wurzel zu packen, um sie dann so wachsen zu lassen, dass sie richtig krachen, könnte man passend sagen: Das ist das neue Hörbuch "Still trying to write love Songs" von Markus Freise: Ob es nun die Alltäglichkeiten des Lebens sind, vermischt mit dem Wunsch, diese doch bitte einer Krawatte erzählen zu können oder gar Discobesuche mit der Einsicht, dass man alle Frauen irgendwie mit Aufstehen oder Sitzen bleiben umschreiben kann, hauptsache man handelt nach dem Motto der Liebe, wenn man denn an sie glaubt. Freise tut das auf jeden Fall. Mit seiner ersten Hörspielveröffentlichung tanzt Markus auf einem Drahtseil, wobei er sich stets mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit nach vorne bewegt...

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The home of all the audio series created by the Drew Carson Writes studio. From audio dramas, production diaries, interviews with cast crew and other creatives to documentaries and beyond.

Playwriting advice, writing tips, writing exercises, answers to your questions, and thoughts on the theatre world in 2023 from Olivier Award-winner Mike Bartlett, presented and hosted by the The Old Fire Station, Oxford.This podcast series runs alongside the eleven-week course of the same held in-person, held at the Old Fire Station, Oxford.You can find show notes and transcripts here: https://oldfirestation.org.uk/our-work/how-to-write-a-play/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Lex, Write About It. Podcast, a weekly poetry podcast curated, hosted, and produced by Lex J. We showcase emerging poets, offering a canvas for emotions that shape us. 'LWABI: Pain, Love, Me' began to authentically reflect life's nuances, born from my need to channel feelings into words. Writing became my refuge early on, transitioning from venting to profound art. Reigniting my passion for live spoken word, I returned to the stage, realizing my calling extended further. Lex, Write About It became a haven for creators, where voices blend into a symphony of stories. This journey ...

Scott Dikkers, founder of TheOnion.com and The Onion's editor-in-chief for most of the last 25 years, interviews celebrities, writers, and other people in the comedy industry about their background, philosophy and process.

*** TOP 5% GLOBAL PODCAST *** Have you ever felt a song stirring inside you — but you’re not sure how to bring it to life? Do you dream of writing and singing your own music, but find yourself held back by doubt, perfectionism, or the fear that you’re “not good enough”? Maybe you’ve spent years studying, performing, or people-pleasing with your voice… or maybe you’ve never let yourself believe you could be a singer or a songwriter. And all the tutorials, drills, and music theory lessons? They just make the process feel more complicated — and less creative. If you’re ready ...

Improv instructor and writer Jorjeana Marie presents the first book to harness the creative power of improvisation exercises to help both aspiring and seasoned authors defeat writer's block and generate new ideas. Suffering from writer's block and inner critics? Having trouble generating ideas...