The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit

Chris Head

• 01 juli 2025
• 9781662951497

Samenvatting:

The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit is a highly practical and inspiring collection of creative tools for funnier sitcoms, comedy dramas, sketches, short films, and screenplays.

Chris Head, a seasoned comedy director and writing coach, takes a profound plunge into the art and craft of comedy scriptwriting. With insightful examples from iconic comedies, you'll discover how to create compelling and comedically flawed characters, craft jokes, create comic dialogue and action, and construct hilarious scenes and stories.

With practical writing exercises and expert guidance, The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit is your roadmap to transforming your comedic ideas into better, sharper and, above all, funnier scripts.

If you write comedy scripts, this is the book you need.

About the Author

CHRIS HEAD teaches comedy writing for BBC Writers, the British Library, Bath Spa University and to writers worldwide on Zoom. He mentors writers with Lucy Lumsden, former BBC Head of Comedy Commissioning, and directs stage comedy shows, including stand-up, plays and character comedy. He is the author of Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen and A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up published by Bloomsbury Methuen.

Book Review 1:

"His understanding of comedy is captivating, encyclopaedic." -- Will Gompertz, former BBC Arts Editor

Book Review 2:

“Head’s style is refreshingly breezy and simultaneously substantial." -- Choice, USA

Book Review 3:

"The ideal person to nurture new talent" -- The Guardian