Regardless of style, there are two factors that are ABSOLUTE MUSTS in writing comedy: confidence and truthfulness. Confidence is what allows you to explore and find interesting ideas while truthfulness is what keeps you and your comedy grounded in reality. CONFIDENCE IN WRITING Confidence is not just limited to the stage. You need to …
HOW TO WRITE COMEDY FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING COMEDY Stand-Up Is Spoken, Not Written The most important thing you need to know about how to be a comedian is that you are writing for a speech, an informal one at that. The audience will never get to see …
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Want to learn how to become a professional comedian? Here are 50 time-tested stand-up comedy tips that will help you build a solid career in comedy. While there are hundreds of comedy tips to choose from, applying these 50 stand-up comedy tips are going to help you at every level of your comedy career. …
Sometimes, a comedian is the only sane person in a room because he’s the only person willing to question the obvious and so reveal the false as false. In short, comedians have always been great at calling B.S. For professionals (or aspiring pros) who depend on questioning everything and looking at old ideas in a …
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We’re going to break down the #1 ranked blonde joke (the #4 ranked street joke) of all time. A street joke is simply a joke that is commonly heard from non-comedians. This is a great way of punching up your material. Be careful to never use this while writing new material. It’s only beneficial when punching up …
Over-analyzing and over-thinking are huge creativity killers. Tap into your authentic self while writing. Forget about trying to satisfy 100 different “comedy rules.” If the price of a laugh is giving up your authenticity, your creative freedom… then it’s not worth telling.
This is a ridiculously awesome way of remembering your set. I’ve been very open about my past struggle with stage-fright and perfectionism. The intense fear I felt early in my career lead me to search for better ways of remembering my material. I developed this strategy for remembering comedy material very early in my career …
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This is easily the best strategy for turning a bombed joke around. “Calling the moment” is a way of saving jokes that was popularized by Johnny Carson. The brilliance of Johnny Carson was that he could get just as many (if not more) laughs from a bombed joke than a good one. Calling the moment …
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I have exciting news for all the people emailing me about seeing me live. I’ve been invited to speak at the 5th annual Comics Rock Convention in Los Angeles. If you don’t know the Comics Rock Convention, think of it as the “TED Talks” of stand-up comedy. The convention has a ton of other awesome …
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In this article, I’ll introduce you to a new way of looking at creativity. I’ll also show you examples of how this type of creativity was applied by the greatest comedians of all time. Then I’ll go a step further and show you how this type of creativity actually lead to their future success. This simple change …
