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Comedy plays a more important role today than ever before: specialist comedy television channels are prevalent across the world, and in medical circles professionals are beginning to develop…Full description
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Descrição: Comedy Writing Secrets
The comedy of humour which deals largely with exaggerated types of humour was one which adumbrated in the and in Ralph Roister Dolster and then after a not very glorious career was rendered popular by Jonson in Every Man in His Humour. All comedy is
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Descripción: Manual de Improvizatie Teatrala
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Go ahead, mak I TING ke me laugh! CO M MED Y Y Y W W W R T W R Published by http://www.FreelanceWriting.com
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Chapter 10: How to Get Your Sitcom Script Read Once you've written your sitcom - or preferably several of them - you need to get them read. But not by just anybody; getting them read by an agent is a necessary step. Firstly, write a one or two sentence description of each, called a logline. This is what you pitch to the agents over the phone. Make a list of all the agents who will accept unsolicited material. You can get this from the Writers Guild Association (WGA) online or look for those books that list literary agents. While no one likes rejection, it is a part of the process so don't be put off just because the first several say no to your script. Persistence is the key. Start off with all those agents who are listed as representing new writers and/or accepting unsolicited manuscripts. Since many agents never read unsolicited manuscripts, you need to get the agencies permission to send it. Do this by phoning and asking if you can pitch your logline for a certain sitcom. Be succinct and to the point; no one has time to waste. Have two loglines ready in case they don't want to hear the first one. Rehearse what you want to say, but be sure to keep it in written form close by in case you get nervous and forget. Never tell an agent how good you are, let your script do that for you. But you should aim to be funny or clever in your phone pitch if you can do it well. If not, forget it. Agents are usually looking for ways to screen you out. Once an agent agrees to read your script, send if off pronto and make sure you use his name in your cover letter. Keep a record of each agency you queried and what