Here is a question that has crossed the mind of many funny people in everyday life…

“Do I really have the comedy talent to become a comedian?”

While there are simply too many factors involved to answer this question directly…

What I can do is identify two of what I consider to be important and observable indicators associated with naturally funny people that contribute heavily to their ability to generate laughter — before they ever take the step to become comedians:

Here are the indicators:

1. Naturally funny people use a specific, identifiable sentence structure which enhances laughter generation when they communicate with others at work, at home or at play.

They use this particular sentence structure naturally and without thought. It is virtually an “automatic” condition.

It is this sentence structure that greatly enhances the “element of surprise” in a response or statement that generates laughs. This same sentence structure (not a joke formula) is also used in 95%+ of all “punchlines”.

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Understanding The Element Of Surprise

This easily observable sentence structure, coupled with an individual’s confidence, mannerisms, voice tone and facial expressions provides the powerful combination that causes laughter to happen when they speak without having to think about it.

2. Naturally funny people seem to have the ability to make strangers or people they don’t know well laugh with relative ease — to the point where a comment may be made on a regular basis without solicitation that sounds something like this:

“Have you ever thought of being a comedian?”

These individuals take full advantage of natural expressive comedy traits that they have developed because of their life experience and makes up the majority of their laughter generation power in everyday life.

Those are the two most solid indicators that I know of to indicate whether or not someone should seriously consider taking a shot a stand-up comedy or not.

But these are by no means the only factors that can contribute to an individual’s success as a comedian.

And here’s my last stand-up comedy tip:

If you consider yourself a naturally funny person and you do make the decision to take a shot at stand-up comedy…

Stay away from “joke writing” and trying to “become” what you think a comedian should be because:

If you are a naturally funny individual in everyday life, you ALREADY ARE a comedian, using techniques and strategies that already work for you.

Don’t abandon your already developed “funny” power for “joke writing” and trying to guess what may or may not be funny.

So if the important indicators above describe you…

You just need to structure “you” and the comedy talent that you already have for the stand-up comedy stage.

That’s what the Killer Stand-up Online Course is all about.

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