Playfully Inappropriate blew my mind as a comedian with some one year of experience. I had taken a course with the author before, and reading his book really got me writing again. It analyzes how the material of well-known comedians you can find on Netflix or Youtube works, and guides you through strategies to create your material, and how to find what’s funny about thoughts or observations that you have, how to draw a premise from it, a punchline, and how to structure your story. It doesn’t focus on the traditional joke structure, but rather on the story-telling kind of standup, and how to write those stories, and write them without getting stuck. Best book I’ve ever read on the topic. 🙂
Learn How To Be A Comedian