How To Start Doing Stand Up Comedy

Description

In this course, you will learn :

• How to write, rehearse, and perform a five-minute stand-up comedy routine at a local open mic.

Syllabus :

1. Research & Developing Good Taste

• Developing Your Sense Of Humor
• Local Comedy

 

2. Writing Stand Up Comedy

• Good Writing Habits
• Freewriting
• Freewriting Example
• The List Making Method
• Writing Questions - The List Making Method

 

3. Understanding Jokes

• Setups and Premises
• Types of Setups
• Punchlines and You (All About Punchlines)

 

4. Editing Stand Up Comedy

• Editing Jokes
• Arranging Jokes Into A Bit

 

5. Rehearsing

• Intro to Rehearsing
• Pacing - Rehearsing
• Best Practices in Rehearsing - Rehearsing

 

6. Getting On Stage

• Finding An Open Mic
• Getting To Your Five Minutes

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