How to Write Funniest: Book Three of Your Serious Step-by-Step Blueprint for Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798652464264)

Harness the power of a funny group of writers like the pros do on legendary TV shows like SNL or The Simpsons, or at comedy institutions like The Onion.

Scott Dikkers will show you how it's done. 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 Funniest, he lays out the simple steps to make your satire writing, humor writing, funny stories or stand-up material the funniest it can possibly be by leveraging the brain power of a writers' room.

But that's just the beginning. How do you lead a team of comedy writers, which insiders often say is like "herding cats"? How do you defeat stage fright, and what is the most powerful tool in comedy?

It's all in How to Write Funniest, the third book in the How to Write Funny series.

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

Inside:

Chapter 1: Revolution

Make sure you're on the winning side of the once-in-a-millennium comedy revolution

Chapter 2: Ready, Fire, Aim

Eliminate the number one obstacle to producing the funniest comedy

Chapter 3: Chimps

Circumvent your natural instincts to create your best comedy writing

Chapter 4: Myth vs. Reality

Resist chasing writers' room myths that result in bad comedy writing

Chapter 5: Who Are These People?

Know your team and what role each member plays to draw out the best in them

Chapter 6: Taking the Reins

Know when to lead, follow, or help for the smoothest possible writer meetings

Chapter 7: Being Bossy

Lead your team by taking on the most important roll in the writers' room

Chapter 8: Let Me Help

Take on the second-most-important role in the writers' room to enjoy myriad benefits

Chapter 9: The Meetings

Employ the best system for running a writers' room for smooth, efficient comedy creation

Chapter 10: A United Front

Get clarity on the goal of your writers' room to stay focused on the top priority

Chapter 11: Thrive in Any Room

Be the best individual writer possible to make the best group possible

Chapter 12: Taking the Stage

Practice running a writers' room to build your leadership skills

Chapter 13: Going Virtual

Turn your writers' room into a virtual group that can meet any time, any place

Chapter 14: Another Secret Weapon

Harness the most powerful tool in comedy

Chapter 15: No More Stage Frightl

Get the confidence you need to face a crowd and make them laugh

Chapter 16: Go Nuts

Armed with knowledge, go forth and make great comedy