The Art of Witty Banter

Product Description

Learn conversational agility to think quickly on your feet, be incredibly smooth, funny, and clever – all at once. Goodbye awkward silences!No matter where you lie on the spectrum of awkward to engaging, witty banter is always the end goal – and it should be. Witty banter, and all the steps that lead to it, allows you to (1) disarm and connect with anyone, (2) immediately exit boring small talk mode, and (3) instantly build rapport like you’re old friends.Flow with the conversational twists and turns like water.The Art of Witty Banter is a book that carefully examines the art, nuance, and mechanics of banter and charm to make you witty comeback machine, the likes of which your friends have never seen. You’ll be able to handle, defend, disarm, and engage others in a way that makes you comfortable and confident with each growing day.Transform interview conversations to comfortable rapport.Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills and conversation coach. As someone who teaches people to speak for a living, he’s broken wit and banter down to a science and given you real guidelines on what to say and when.Make a sharp, smart, and savvy impression – every time.There’s no guesswork here – you’ll get exact examples and phrases to plug into your daily conversations. 18 specific points to up your charisma quotient.How will you be clever, be quick, and be interesting?•Why the questions you use make people freeze.•How to master teasing, witty comebacks, and initiating jokes and humor.•What free association is and how it makes you quick-witted.•How to create an instant “in-group” and inside joke with someone.As well as:•The reactions and exact phrases to make yourself be heard.•How to create your Conversation Resume.•The best types of compliments to give and what you’re doing wrong.•What a fallback story is and how it can save you.Conversation is the key to all that you want in life. Make the most out of them and specialize in witty banter. If you can roll with any punch, be quick and lively, and make it look effortless, what would that say about you? You’ll have a waiting list for your new friends!Make the best impression on your first try, and never be worried that you’re boring anyone again.Click the BUY NOW button at the top right of this page!

Top Reviews

Don't Buy It!
by Beauregard Dangerfield (1 out of 5 stars)
March 30, 2017

This is as bad as it gets when it comes to misrepresenting the contents of a book. It doesn't begin to live up to its title, and shouldn't even be sold on Amazon as providing what the title promises.
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Shallow, obvious tips
by Book Reader (1 out of 5 stars)
January 16, 2017

the tips in this book are shallow and completely obvious to anyone. I'm glad I only paid $3.99 so I didn't waste too much money. I can only assume that the positive reviews are from friends of the author. In any case, I guess I can't trust Amazon reviews or recommendations anymore....
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Fake Advertising / Reviews - Low Quality Work / Misleading Title
by Derek Girdhani (1 out of 5 stars)
January 23, 2017

I was super excited to order the book on seeing the positive rating . The book is a MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT..

Please make sure to avoid all books form the author.

It seems there are a lot of fake reviews on this book I read the whole book and there is only one chapter on 'Witty Banter'.

This author is basically a book factory. He is writing the same material and publishing similar books and using Internet Marketing, Affiliate marketing, fake reviews to sell them to people who rely on good ratings.. To fill up the book,
* Extra spaces were used
* Multiple empty pages

You can visibly sense that the author is just intending to fill up the book and really has run out of things to write about Wit.

A lot of material is generic material which the author has found on the Internet and rehashed it.
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An excellent book - but not what it says on the cover
by Dr. James Austin (3 out of 5 stars)
March 9, 2017

Mr King is certainly a prolific author; and I suspect he is guilty (as charged on some of the other reviews) of recycling similar material in several different books. Nevertheless, this book is an excellent and well-written guide to the art of good conversation; the author has put a lot of thought into the topic, and makes many practical and actionable recommendations - some obvious, others less so. However, this is NOT a guide to the art of witty banter; perhaps two of the eighteen chapters have anything to do with wit or banter. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to improve their general conversation skills; but not to anyone looking to improve either their wit or their banter.
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Two Stars
by Fred Tarburton (2 out of 5 stars)
January 18, 2017

Not much depth in the content of the book.
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Non professional
by Kailyn (2 out of 5 stars)
May 19, 2019

This book is not professionally done. Looks like something someone wrote out and the went to a printer. The font is annoyingly large. The paragraphs are just spaced, not indented, like someone was writing on their notes app and then made a book out of it. Paragraphs not justified.

As for the content, I think it was more about how to be a good conversationalist by not backing people into corners or making them uncomfortable than about being witty. I was personally looking for a book that would help me write witty banter for my characters, but that was not what this is. This is for people wanting better real life conversations. I will say though, there is one thing in the book said that I try to do now, but never manage to do right, but if I could, I think the people I conversed with would be happier about it.
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Perhaps this might help a 12 year old but that is it
by Papa (1 out of 5 stars)
March 14, 2017

I can only assume that fake reviews pumped up the rating. Poorly written, non- informative. Buyer beware! I bought this and deeply regret it.
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Good Information on Conversational Skills
by S. Peek (4 out of 5 stars)
April 29, 2018

'The Art of Witty Banter' by Patrick King is a worthwhile read.

It has several very good tips for improving conversational skills. It is particularly good with the sections on HPM, SBR, and EDR. These are techniques that he uses for keeping conversations going. Another very solid part is the chapter on building a conversational resume.

Although I think that I have some pretty well developed verbal skills, this book provides several ideas that can likely help anyone, except for perhaps someone who is already a professional talk show host.
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Did not deliver on its premise. It was more ...
by Steven Sonntag (1 out of 5 stars)
November 1, 2017

Did not deliver on its premise. It was more of a book about witty people than actual helpful advice on how to be more witty.
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I found this book to be very dry and common ...
by Wade (1 out of 5 stars)
August 5, 2017

I found this book to be very dry and common sense. I will admit that I am leaving a review without finishing the entire book; I couldn't make it more than halfway through. Unfortunately, I am no more witty than I was before or I'd say something cleaver in this review.

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