Session #17
17.6 Write Better Dialogue for Your Act-Outs
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Course Objectives
Instructor:
Jerry Corley
Lesson information
🎠17.6- How to Write Better Dialogue for Act-Outs
Act-outs are one of the fastest ways to elevate your comedy from telling jokes to creating experiences.
In this session, you’ll learn how to write tight, efficient dialogue that brings your stories to life without overperforming or wasting words.
We’ll break down how top comedians use act-outs with precision, clarity, and purpose—not as distractions, but as organic extensions of the bit.
You’ll discover how to use act-outs to build tension, misdirection, and reverses, while keeping the audience grounded through a strong narrator.
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