How to Crush It on Stage: The 3 Pillars of Stand-Up Comedy Success If you want to learn how to be a comedian and write stand-up comedy that will crush it on stage, then you need to master the three essential pillars of stand-up comedy success. These pillars are being funny, being unique, and being …
How to Crush It On Stage – 3 Pillars of Stand-Up Comedy Success Read More »
Why Is Point-Of-View So Important In Comedy? In this lesson, we’re going to explore why POV plays such a huge role in comedy. I stumbled across so many great strategies for POV Humor while creating this lesson. But in this lesson, I want to focus on the big picture. So we’ll look at how POV …
How Jokes Work (From the Audience’s Perspective) As you’ll see, comedic conflict and joke-telling are not completely inseparable. A joke is simply a setup/punchline structure that is designed to create a comedic conflict. All jokes create comedic conflict, but not all comedic conflict is created from jokes. Understanding comedic conflict greatly increases your repertoire as …
How Jokes Work (From The Audience’s Perspective) Read More »
In this lesson, I’ll introduce you to various styles of comedy and give you a few examples of each style in action. Here’s what you need to know before we dive in: You do not have to choose only one of these styles… especially early on. If you still consider yourself a beginner then …
Joke Structures: How To Write Stand-Up Comedy Jokes Get Instant Access To20+ Hours of Comedy Training! Click here to get started! Joke Structures, also known as “joke formats” or “joke types” is a way for comedians to organize a setup and punchline to create a comedic conflict. A “Joke Formula” is a conventional joke-writing strategy …
Joke Writing: The Ultimate Free Guide to Joke Structures Read More »
Bonus Video: FAQ #1 – Who Can Be a Comedian? Bonus Video: FAQ #2- What Do I Talk About On Stage? Bonus Video: FAQ #3- How Long Does It Take To Write Material? Bonus Video: FAQ #4 – How Long Does It Take To Get Good? Bonus Video: FAQ #5 – How Much Material Do …
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 …
How To Be a Comedian – How To Write Comedy For Your First Time Read More »
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 …
The Death of Joke Writing: Why You Should Un-Joke Your Material Read More »
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 …
