The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being FunnyWhile other books give you tips on how to write funny, this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy. Kaplan deconstructs sequences in popular films and TV that work and dont work, and explains what tools were used

gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time

But the programme was rotten to the core

Getting Lost is as strong a book as any that she has written

whose emancipation is far more painful and complicated than she could expect

Singer presents a realistic

The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable (The Sunday Times)

but has been cleaned with brass cleaner

START WITH WHY asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative

from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself

Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world

has one rule: never fall in love

Cherry-Gerrards classic story of bravery and fortitude