I am relatively new to comedy, but the three ironclads that I am seeing in all the really great comedians, is that they all have excellent comedic timing; they use their voice like they would use it in their regular, animated, everyday way–with no exaggerated or contrived energies; and they tell stories more than one liner, set-up and punchline style jokes.

I concluded these things through observation and analysis. But when I stumbled across this site and basically saw all of my conclusions confirmed by someone who has been there, that gave me solace to know that my instincts were true. … I’m a lot more confident in what I am doing, and it is starting to show.

Just last week I slowed down while telling some stories that got mild laughs the first time out: and they got big laughs when I colored them calmly with my voice, instead of ramming them in the audience’s earhole at a frenetic pace. … I’ve got a lot to learn; but I feel like I am on the right track, now that I understand ‘pace’ and ‘laugh breaks’ a lot better.

Keep up the good work, Steve.