Synopsis
Featuring interviews with top industry professionals - and loads of tips on both the basics and the finer points of the funny business - The Comedy Market will tell you where the jobs are - both full-time and freelance, how to pitch yourself and your work, what you can do to perfect your craft, how to deal with agents and managers, how to tailor your writing to different audiences, why performing can help your career - even if you don't want to do stand-up, how to make the right connections, what you need to know about copyrights and contracts, and more.
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Reviews
Think you could write a better TV sitcom or movie than what you've been watching on the screen? DeSena, a veteran comedy writer and author (The Air Down Here, LJ 10/1/95), can help you. Here he describes different comedy markets?stand-up, TV, film, stage, book, radio, periodicals, greeting cards, and corporate clients?giving advice on breaking in, pitching material, learning techniques, and writing on spec. Though much of DeSena's advice is familiar (e.g., read widely and write daily), he does show that each market has its own angle. Each chapter is punctuated by sidebars offering the "inside view" from professionals, and most list market-specific resources that are augmented by five appendixes offering information on evaluating agents, education and training, financial support opportunities, legal issues, and writers' groups. Recommended for its serious approach to the comedy genre.?Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll., Manassas
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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