Creative consultant Greg Miller can get your project on trackSpecial weeklong writers retreat July 10-15: The Comedian's Way Workshop for Writers, Performers & Other Humans
Submitted by greg on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 17:19
"Fun and uplifting!"
Join creative gurus Beth Lapides & Greg Miller for a life-changing, skill-building, laugh-inducing week at the KRIPALU CENTER in Stockbride, Mass. July 10-15, 2011.
Dig deep and get real as you develop your 7th Sense: your sense of humor.
Beth & Greg's unique blend of comedy and spirituality creates an incredibly safe and supportive environment where you can explore your writing, performance and life skills.
As one student recently said: "Don't do it unless you want to change your life! AND meet the best people and laugh until you pee your pants (sorry,maybe that's just me)!"
E-mail or call Greg directly at 323-717-4731 to find out what the Comedian's Way can do for you and how you can be part of this magical week of self-discovery.
"Now I'm going to go home and fire my therapist!"
Use the Comedian's Way to
- Get over your fear of public speaking
- Create a one-person show
- Work on personal essays
- Personalize your standup
- Develop a memoir
- Put the light in enlightenment
- Find more joy in your daily life
"The best way to sit shiva ever!"
It's important to take yourself seriously, but it's just as important to take yourself lightly. When you can do both at the same time and share it with others, you're practicing the Comedian's Way.
8 Rewrite Notes for Any Comedy Script
Submitted by greg on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 23:54
The deadline for the Other Network Comedy Contest is Dec. 15. That's soon. But you still have time for one more rewrite.
Based on several years judging this contest and working with many talented writers privately as a writing coach, I promise that your comedy script will benefit from these 8 rewrite notes:
1 - Put at least one solid laugh on every page. Not witty banter or zany behavior. A laugh. Not just your opinion, but based on other people’s reads. You are having other people read it, right?
2 - Double-check your story structure and make your act breaks strong to keep an audience interested (and surprised) to the very end. Don't just coast through the last half of the script.
3 - Make sure every scene has a a comedic high point (character-based) and a dramatic high-point (story beat) that advances the plot, hopefully in a funny turn.
4 - Let your characters have clear distinctive vocabularies and rhythms. Check by reading it out loud. You are reading it out loud, right?
Start Your Computers (The Other Network 2009 Comedy Contest - Deadline Dec. 15)
Submitted by greg on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 16:31
Get your work read by top showrunners
DEADLINE: DEC. 15, 2009
Fill out this form to enter now
Previous winners have had their work seen by agents at UTA and Metropolitan, managers at Brillstein-Grey, executives at Fox, Comedy Central and Starz/Film Roman, producers and award-winning TV creators like:
ALAN ZWEIBEL ("Saturday Night Live", "It's Garry Shandling's Show")
BOB ODENKIRK ("Mr. Show", "Saturday Night Live", "Tenacious D")
JOHN RIGGI ("The Comeback", "30 Rock", "The Larry Sanders Show")
JAY KOGEN ("The Simpsons", "Frasier")
BILL OAKLEY & JOSH WEINSTEIN ("The Simpsons", "The Mullets")
WINNIE HOLZMAN ("Wicked", "Thirtysomething", Creator of "My So-Called Life")
BRYAN FULLER ("Wonderfalls", "Heroes", "Pushing Daisies")
CINDY CHUPACK ("Sex and the City", "Everybody Loves Raymond")
BRENT FORRESTER ("The Office", "King of The Hill", "Undeclared")
ROB COHEN ("The Ben Stiller Show", "The Simpsons")
JON KINNALLY ("Ugly Betty", "Will & Grace")
>> YOUR WORK <<
- Can be an original piece of writing or
a 'spec' of a TV series that has aired
- Any comedy format on paper, DVD, CD, mini-DV, VHS
(essay, sketch, short, animation, monolog, etc.)
- Multiple submissions & re-submissions OK
(but please do a serious re-write!)
- Individual or group copyright ok
>> HOW TO ENTER <<
