A COMPLETE JOKE WRITING COURSE IN 3 MINUTES

Go from total beginner to writing jokes good enough to get laughs at a comedy club to getting your first paid gig.

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What Makes a Good Stand Up Comedy Premise?

An effective standup comedy premise should contain two elements: a topic + a condition, but in order to truly hook the audience you need two more essential dynamics to be present in your set up or the joke risks receiving a diminished laugh or worse, nothing at all...

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Does it Really Take 10 Years to Find Your Persona?

Does it Take 10 Years to Find Your Comedic Persona?

Some people on social media have said with absolute certainty that it takes “10 years for you to find your persona,” like that’s some magical number or something.​ There is a more streamlined approach to finding your persona and it’s easier than you might think.

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When Do You Think it’s Too Late to Break Into This Business of Comedy?

I think most people have a this vision that getting into comedy means that you have to go to open mics, where you may or may not get on stage, but before you do get on stage, you have to wade through a sea of jokes about dicks, or jokes about smoking too much weed, or jokes about dicks who smoke too much weed.

If you're over 40, the thought of having to slog out to do that several nights a week is not pleasant.

But there's another way...

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