Rick Mitchell

This play, which contains biographical information related to Herman Melville, is fundamentally an exploration of the ways in which these two things take place.The play admits the truth of Walter Benj

★ 艾美獎喜劇編劇親授，教你把「尷尬致詞」變成全場笑點★ 從開場到收尾，一步步打造讓人記住的爆笑演說★ 附實用模板＋經典範例，新手也能輕鬆上場不冷場婚禮致詞、畢業演說、退休祝酒……這些你「其實不太想去」的場合，卻偏偏輪到你上台發言？本書由兩位資深喜劇編劇帶你從零開始，教你如何寫出既得體又幽默的演說，讓全場不只聽得下去，還會笑出來。從開場如何吸引注意，到掌握笑點節奏與分寸，再到避免踩雷的實用提醒，作者以輕鬆幽默的筆調，拆解一場成功致詞的祕密。書中更收錄真實範例與經典角色演說解析，甚至提供「填空式致詞模板」，讓你在最短時間內完成一篇有感又有笑點的演講。即使你從未上台說過話，也能在關鍵時刻，說出讓人記住的一段話。Learn how to write and give a flawlessly funny speech for any occasion with Emmy-winning comedy writersCarol Leifer and Rick Mitchell. With a foreword by Carol Burnett.Giving a speech about someone is hard. Giving a funny speech that people are actually going to pay attention to is even harder. In How to Write a Funny Speech for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn’t Want to Go to in the First Place, Leifer and Mitchell will teach you how to write the perfect speech so you can look awesome, make some people laugh, and get it over with.Quick and easy to use, this book is broken into short chapters full of priceless tips and advice. Leifer and Mitchell wil

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