{"product_id":"9781538770771","title":"Inside Jokes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA step-by-step practical guide to all types of comedy writing, filled with invaluable advice, exercises, interviews, tools, and jokes that will turn anyone into a funnier writer and person, from authors\/editors\/teachers\/perfect 10s Elissa Bassist and Caitlin Kunkel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eComedy writing is hard.\u003c\/i\u003e Or is it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not with INSIDE JOKES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e INSIDE JOKES is a masterclass in a book that teaches you how to write anything funnier, from short humor to essays to psychiatric in-take forms. Each chapter has technical and practical advice to turn comedy outsiders into insiders, comedy readers into writers, and nonfunny nonwriters into funny writers. Included at no extra cost: interviews with professional comedy writers, brainstorming and writing exercises, prompts, and assignments that will take your writing from nonexistent to shitty first draft to award-deserving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e INSIDE JOKES\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a blend of writing guide, creativity bible, and therapy session with secrets that most writers learn through trial and error and professional humiliation. It’s for: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e People who are funny already \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e People who worry they can never be funny \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e People who’ve been asked to give a wedding toast (hot tip: mention ex-partners in a list of 3, 5, or 17) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e Writers who work across genres or want to learn  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e Employees who just want to get one solid laugh in their department meeting  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Basically, INSIDE JOKES is \u003ci\u003eThe Artist's Way \u003c\/i\u003efor the funny soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Elissa Bassist and Caitlin Kunkel have taught thousands of classes to thousands of students at thousands of institutions, including people who are now writers for \u003ci\u003eLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Onion, Reductress, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, film, TV, their own books, and more, a lot more. They’ve taught nationally and internationally at universities, improv centers, writing conferences, and popular online schools. INSIDE JOKES collects their experience, lectures, step-by-step replicable processes, and no-fail techniques to make comedy writing accessible to anyone with something to say.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elissa Bassist, Caitlin Kunkel","offers":[{"title":"Grand Central Publishing |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2026-03-10","offer_id":47343158919423,"sku":"9781538770771","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a911407a-de66-4058-92f8-62265b6ec818.jpg?v=1760116362","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781538770771","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}