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    How To Write Selling Humor
    How To Write Selling Humor
    How To Write Selling Humor
    Audiobook2 hours

    How To Write Selling Humor

    Written by Peter Mehlman and Mel Helitzer

    Narrated by Peter Mehlman and Mel Helitzer

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    About this audiobook

    People will remember your writing if you use humor, which is often either ignored or misunderstood. Here are two original 90-minute workshops, ("Writing Seinfeld-Style" by Peter Mehlman and "How To Write Humor" by Mel Helitzer) recorded live, from experts who can help you improve your writing AND your financial bottom line.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's AudioShop
    Release dateSep 1, 1987
    ISBN9781880717912
    How To Write Selling Humor
    Author

    Peter Mehlman

    After graduating from the University of Maryland, Peter Mehlman, a New York native, became a writer for The Washington Post. He slid to television in 1982, writing for SportsBeat with Howard Cosell . From 1985-90, he returned to forming full sentences as a writer for numerous national publications, including The New York Times Magazine , GQ , and Esquire . In 1989, two years after moving to Los Angeles, he became a writer for the iconic TV show, Seinfeld . Over the eight-year run of the show, Mehlman rose to executive producer and coined such well-known Seinfeld-isms as “spongeworthy,” “shrinkage,” “double-dipping,” and “yada, yada,” the last of which has been included as an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1997, Mehlman joined DreamWorks and created It’s Like, You Know... a scathing look at life in Los Angeles. In recent years, he has written screenplays, novels, and humor pieces, many of which were collected in his book, Mandela Was Late. Mehlman has appeared on-camera for TNT Sports and the Webby-nominated Peter Mehlman’s Narrow World of Sports. He’s the creator of the lifestyle brand Bravely Oblivious. He lives in Los Angeles.

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    • 5/5
      Very intersesting subject.
      I never thought being funny is so strategically planned.
      Great Book!!!