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John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from www.johnvorhaus.com.
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Our two new books... STORY QUESTIONS: How To Unlock Your Story One Question At A Time - payhip.com/b/ZTvq9 and 17 Steps To Writing A Great Main Character - payhip.com/b/kCZGd
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from www.johnvorhaus.com.
BUY THE BOOK - THE COMIC TOOLBOX: How to be Funny Even if You're Not
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BUY THE BOOK - CARTOONS FOR SMART PEOPLE: The First One Hundred
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Anthony DiBlasi graduated film school at Emerson College in Boston MA. Upon moving to Los Angeles he became a protégé of filmmaker/novelist Clive Barker. DiBlasi partnered in Barkers production company Midnight Picture Show for nearly ten years, serving as a key executive & producer on films such as Midnight Meat Train (2008) and Book of Blood (2009). DiBlasi made his directorial debut with the psychological thriller Dread (2009), a feature film he wrote based on the Clive Barker short story of the same name. Dread was released theatrically in January of 2010 and went on to win Best Independent Feature at the 2010 Spike Scream Awards.
He directed and co-wrote Last Shift a critically acclaimed supernatural horror film released by Magnolia Pictures in 2015. And directed Extremity a psychological thriller based on Extreme Haunts, released in 2018 by Epic Pictures.
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