NEW AT COMEDY? YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING …
Do you have beginning comedy questions about stand-up? Are you just dipping your toes in the waters of writing and performing? Today I am joined by three current writing students in this “after school special”. They each bring forth a slew of excellent questions. I am willing to bet many of these have crossed your mind as well. Questions like …

How do you know that you wrote a joke no one has ever written before?
How can you protect your material from being stolen by open mic comics?
Writing faster than people can steal
Why cobbling material from other comics never really works
Should you listen to other comedians while you develop your own act?
Why you should watch comedians you don’t like
How to learn from other comedians
The “style trap” new comedian can fall into
Converting longer stories into stand-up jokes
Core sentences and how to isolate them from a story
Having someone recap your story so you know what details matter
Trying out material on friends and family
Do you need to hang out with comedians
Why you should hang out and build shows with comics who are 100% different
Finding a comedy scene when moving to a new town
Using the crowd as your personal Yellow Pages
Using google and Youtube to check your jokes
Malcom Gladwell’s 10,000 HOURS theory as it applies to comedians
Should you worry about performing the same set the following week at open mic?

And much, much more!
If you have beginning comedy questions that need answered just send them in! Email them to [email protected]. I will answer them on the podcast or in a blog post.
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