“Fast. Funny. Informative. D.B. Gilles has written a delightful
book about tapping into your inner funny. Read it. You’ll laugh. You’ll
learn.”
— Matt Williams, Co-creator/Producer,
Roseanne,
Home Improvement; Director,
Where The Heart Is
“D.B.
is a positive force for comedy. This book is a funny, entertaining, and
practical guide for anyone wanting to break into the world of comedy
writing.”
— Jeff Cox, writer, Blades of Glory
“You’re
Funny! is one of the best books available on comedy writing with a 24
carat gold payoff– specific guidance on how to turn those skills into a
profitable career.”
— Don DeMaio, teacher, American Comedy Institute, NYC
“You’re
Funny! is the first how-to handbook that ever got me laughing out loud.
A long-time student of the comedy game, D.B. knows his stuff and is
damned funny in passing the secrets on. A real treat.”
— David McKenna, co-author of Memo From The Story Department
D.B.
GILLES has taught comedy writing and screenwriting in the Undergraduate
Film & Television Department at New York University’s Tisch School
of the Arts for nearly 20 years. He is the author of The Screenwriter
Within: How to Turn The Movie in Your Head Into a Salable Screenplay and
The Portable Film School. He is co-author of the George Bush parody W.
The First Hundred Days: A White House Journal. D.B. is also a script
consultant and writing coach. He writes the popular blog Screenwriters
Rehab: For Screenwriters Who Can’t Get Their Acts Together. His new play
Sparkling Object opened last year in New York.