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How to Write Funny: Add Humor to Every Kind of Writing Revised Edition
Author(s): John B. Kachuba
- Publisher: Writers Digest Books
- Publication Date: July 15, 2001
- Edition: Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 1582970548
- ISBN-13: 9781582970547
Book Description
A discussion of the basics and genres of the comic point of view includes essays and interviews with such authors as Dave Barry, Sherman Alexie, and Melissa Bank.
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog,” says E. B. White. “Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” White might have reconsidered, had he had access to How to Write Funny. In the book, 28 humorists discuss the business of writing funny. David Bouchier likens humor to sex; James Finn Garner says it’s “mainly channeled aggression”; and Sherman Alexie claims that “jokes are poetry.” The authors here–they include Melissa Banks, Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., and Bill Bryson–are less likely to teach humor than to help you find your inner humorist. A very satisfying book, touching on writers that take chances, poke fun at themselves, and draw our attention to the absurdities that we all take for granted. By the way, editor John B. Kachuba wants you to read his book whether you need it or not. As he says, “I could use the money.” –Jane Steinberg
About the Author
John B. Kachuba is an editor, writer and journalist. He is the editor of R.T. Stone’s The Journals and the author of Why Is This Job Killing Me? His fiction has appeared in literary journals, and his nonfiction has appeared in Poets and Writers, Civil War Journal and other publications. He lives in Loveland, Ohio.
