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How to Write Funnier: Book Two of Your Serious Step-by-Step Blueprint for Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing (How to Write Funny 2) Kindle Edition

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 170 ratings

Learn How to Write a Funny Story

Can you learn how to write comedy? Absolutely—anyone can.

Scott Dikkers will tell you how. He’s co-founder and longest-serving editor-in-chief of The Onion, the world’s most popular humor publication, and founder of The Onion Training Center at the Second City in Chicago. He’s also a #1 best-selling humor author and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

In How to Write Funnier, he tells you everything you need to know to start writing funny stories, how to write funny scenes, and how to write funny sketches.

But that’s just the beginning. How do you get a job in comedy? How do you write for The Onion? How do you write for the New Yorker? How do you get published in McSweeney’s? How do you write for money? How do you become a career comedy writer?

It's all in How to Write Funnier, the followup to How to Write Funny.

Writers Scott has mentored, trained, or hired for their very first comedy-writing job have gone on to win several Emmy Awards, written movies nominated for an Academy Award, and become best-selling authors themselves.

One student said this about How to Write Funny (Book 1)

“This book is one of my very favorite books on comedy. It's helped me get published on satire sites like Reductress.com and helped me get admitted to comedy festivals. The fact that all comedy writers don't know about this book is (1) unfortunate but also (2) fantastic, because it will give the people who do read it a big advantage.”

How to Write Funnier gives you the step-by-step writing process professionals use for creating hilarious comedy articles, prose pieces, and stories that will jump off the page, grab readers by the sphincter and make them LOL, spit-take, make other passengers on the bus look at them like they’re crazy because they’re laughing so hard reading your story.

The first book in this series, How To Write Funny, showed you how to write a joke. How to Write Funnier (Book 2) shows you how to stack up those jokes the right way to make funny articles, stories, listicles or prose pieces that will make people remember you.

Inside:

• The 13 Most Common Mistakes in Humor Writing

• The 11 Different Ways to Structure a humor piece

• How to get ideas for writing a great story

• 8 steps for how to get feedback on your writing that will truly make it funnier

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MYQCYJS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (February 2, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 2, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5148 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers find the book helpful for writing and producing comedy. They describe it as a good read with an informative writing style. However, opinions differ on the insight provided, with some finding it informative and helpful, while others feel it lacks depth and repetitiveness.

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5 customers mention "Humor"5 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They say it teaches how to write, produce, and deliver comedy. The author provides helpful advice on making a first draft funnier.

"...into the science and practice of writing humor, and taking funny further and farther. Or, as he calls it, Funnier, in good dramatic progression...." Read more

"...He has a lot of experience and is generous with his comedy advice." Read more

"love this book. best series of books on comedy." Read more

"...literature textbooks and makes them accessible so that comedy and wit become second nature...." Read more

4 customers mention "Readability"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and informative.

"...I've read a few books by Scott Dikkers and they are all very good and informative...." Read more

"love this book. best series of books on comedy." Read more

"More fantastic work by Scott Dikkers. Really great practical stuff in here - especially enjoyed the section on dramatic writing...." Read more

"Shoot me now. This book was not a good idea for me to buy. The first book is good, but this was a hack job. Basically, just write a lot...." Read more

3 customers mention "Writing style"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helpful for improving their writing. They say it's a great distillation of the author's comedy writing wisdom, geared toward aspiring writers.

"...He seems to genuinely care about helping people become good comedy writers. He has a lot of experience and is generous with his comedy advice." Read more

"...This book will help you improve your writing 100%." Read more

"A great distillation of Dikkers' comedy writing wisdom, offering advice primarily geared toward aspiring authors of short comedy pieces...." Read more

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Customers have different views on the book's insights. Some find them informative and helpful, with examples and practical advice. Others feel the book is repetitive and lacks real insight.

"...read a few books by Scott Dikkers and they are all very good and informative...." Read more

"...Basically, just write a lot. No real insight." Read more

"I did not know how much I did not know about humor writing. This is super helpful in that the author gives many examples as well as specific action..." Read more

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A perfect sequel to Book 1
5 out of 5 stars
A perfect sequel to Book 1
First off, read Book 1. This is Book 2 and you will get a lot more out of it if you do. This book is a great expansion on writing funnier longer. I've been writing short-form pieces for a few years now and found several fantastic tips for enhancing my writing, and even more great refreshers in this book. Scott has had a lot of success for a reason. Paying this little to look inside his brain and learn how he operates is more than worth it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
    So, after finishing BOOK 1, I felt the urgent need to get BOOK 2 and wasn't disappointed. Scott Dickers goes deeper into the science and practice of writing humor, and taking funny further and farther. Or, as he calls it, Funnier, in good dramatic progression. If you read BOOK 1, read it, as this stands on its shoulders and you may not see over the edge (or understand what the heck he's talking about). Then get into BOOK 2 and you will again not be disappointed.
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2019
    I really liked this book and definitely recommend it. I've read a few books by Scott Dikkers and they are all very good and informative. He seems to genuinely care about helping people become good comedy writers. He has a lot of experience and is generous with his comedy advice.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019
    So you want to be a writer. Good for you. Common next question you ask yourself is "but HOW?" followed by frustration and procrastination. In this book, Dikkers provides a framework and tactical steps you can take to hone your craft and take it to the next level. This dispels any idea that mere talent can get you there--talent schmalent. Here's a road map to get on your way. A great read!
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023
    love this book. best series of books on comedy.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019
    Scott Dikkers is my number one go to when it comes to learning how to write, produce, and deliver comedy. Founding editor of The Onion, he incorporates all the literacy devices we learned in our high school literature textbooks and makes them accessible so that comedy and wit become second nature. How to Write Funnier deconstructs what makes funny things, well... funny. He takes out all the guess work. Things are either funny or they’re not, and Dikkers’ offers an approach that combines understanding the mechanics of comedy writing with a flair for delivery, so that things are funny!
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020
    I took a couple pages of notes on the theories presented in this book. But I’ll be coming back to the chapter showing multiple drafts of the same pieces repeatedly. It was so helpful to see the process of taking a first draft and making it funnier. (I had to show the fake lost dog posters to my roommates. So funny!)
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019
    If you want to improve your comedy writing, buy this book. This book is a step by step way to make your humor stand out. This book will help you improve your writing 100%.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020
    I did not know how much I did not know about humor writing. This is super helpful in that the author gives many examples as well as specific action steps. It's like I am taking a college course with a great professor.
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  • Sue Laliberte
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent part of the How To Write Funny series
    Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2024
    This series is fantastic, not just because it will teach you to write comedy, but also because you will learn how to have fun writing comedy. I highly recommend the entire series.

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