Don’t get stuck. Sometimes writing a joke is as simple as adding a condition to a statement and turning the irrelevant condition relevant… . . . → Read More: Quickest Joke Writing Tip Known to Mankind
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Ever wonder what keeps an audience’s attention? In this video Marc Maron reveals his secret to keeping an audience captivated whether he’s standing or sitting. . . . → Read More: Marc Maron’s Secret to Captivating the Audience Sitting or Standing 
There are several reasons that finding your persona is an important part of your development as a comedian. It makes you more memorable and helps you to stand out from the crowd. And that’s always important in terms of reaching a level of success. But how do you find it? And How long does it take? 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. I discuss that in this video. . . . → Read More: Does it Take 10 Years to Find Your Comedic Persona? 
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… . . . → Read More: When Do You Think it’s Too Late to Break Into This Business of Comedy? 
Do you ever have those days when you don’t feel inspired to write comedy? You want to write but you don’t feel funny? Or you’re feeling defeated because you don’t feel like you are growing or not growing fast enough? Here are 2 simple comedy writing exercises you can do just to stimulate your comedic instincts. These are great when you just want to keep up your writing but you don’t feel like you have anything to write about. . . . → Read More: 2 Simple Comedy Writing Exercises that Secretly Make You Faster and Funnier 
George Carlin said he knew with 98 percent accuracy that a joke was going to get a laugh before he got on stage. Ninety-eight percent! I want to be like that. However, to get to a level of mastery with your comedy, you first have to understand why people laugh and how comedy works. And here’s where I share with you the biggest secret in comedy… . . . → Read More: The Biggest Secret in Comedy 
There are no bad premises in comedy, only premises we don’t feel connected to. But there’s always a way to take a premise and give it some context so that it comes alive and can create excitement. . . . → Read More: Boring Premise to Great Routine |
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