There are a lot of new comedians and speaking professionals who want to know how to develop comedy timing. Let me say this…

Your comedy “timing” improves in direct relation to your comfort on stage AND your ability to capture your own natural comedy timing.

That’s right — everyone has a natural sense of comedy timing and are unaware of it. Let me show you what I mean…

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Let me start out by saying that there is no “one size fits all” technique when it comes to delivering stand-up comedy material effectively.

The reason is simple—every comedian has their own individual “style” which is based on a number of factors such as speech rate, body language usage and vocal mannerisms just name a few.

But what I can do is identify some of the key elements that have a significant impact on a comedian’s stand-up comedy delivery, whether they are a “joke telling” comedian or topic based comedian.

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I think everyone is aware that comedy timing is a big deal when it comes to generating audience laughter.

But what is comedy timing, really? Could you tell me what it is? More importantly, can you tell me what aspects of comedy timing that you have control over?

If you are taking a comedy class or workshop, ask the teacher to describe comedy timing and how you develop it. Then, pay close attention to how that comedy teacher babbles their way through the topic of comedy timing without revealing much of anything that you can use or makes much sense.

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