If you strongly believe that the key to becoming a powerful and funny comedian is to “write” jokes the way all the “traditional” stand-up comedy books, courses, workshops and online websites say that you should…
I truly wish you the best of luck because luck is really all you are going to have to depend on when it comes to actually developing a stand-up comedy routine that actually works on stage using the “conventional” joke writing methodologies.
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Just disregard these concrete facts as you set out on the difficult path to “writing” stand-up comedy “jokes”:
Then, when you discover how extremely difficult it is trying to “write” and deliver a powerful stand-up comedy routine using the “conventional” approach…
Come back and check out the Success Stories on this page — see if getting results like that appeals to you after sucking on stage a couple of times.
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Having the benefit of waywardly trying to “find my way in the dark” using my own methods, then using joke formulas, I can personally say that from working with Steve’s system, there were a lot of “Ah-ha!” moments.
Writing used to be painful and worrysome to me.
Now its a fun adventure, where I wonder where the next thought will take me.
It snapped me out of the “everything’s GOTTA be perfect” mindset. Severely second guessing myself with writing is gone and has taken a lot of pressure off me.
Just watch a headliner club comic on youtube. Not TV comics. You then realize that not everything you say needs to be a gem. Your own sense of humor and Steve’s structure will guide you through.
I found joke formulas constricting, almost as if I had a gag in my mouth blocking what I wanted to say. Dont’ get me wrong, only the best one-liners that I had were recycled into my act, along with my steve-inspired material.
Hell, a few chapters into the course 1 writing guide, and I was already developing material that was stuffed back in the recesses of brain, waiting to be released from their prison. The precieved need of adherence to joke formula structure was their warden. He’s gone now, and the inmates are running wild!