It doesn’t matter if comedian tries to “write jokes” the hard way or they go with the easier “topic based” comedy material development approach detailed in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System…

A comedian must understand line length and why it plays a critical role in writing or developing tight and well structured stand-up comedy material.

Let me start off by saying this…

A line that is written to be “read” is not the same as a spoken word line. A line that is written in standard “writing” format is read from the beginning of a sentence to the punctuation at the end of the sentence.
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One of the biggest problems most new comedians encounter is that the “set-ups” to the punchlines in their comedy act are way too long.

You simply cannot have lengthy set-ups if you are expecting to achieve an average of 4-6 laughs per minute—minimum.

So, what can you do to tighten your stand-up comedy material?

I have developed a rule of thumb that you can use to evaluate your stand-up comedy material called the 20 word rule.

This rule is NOT a hard and fast rule, but more of a guideline you can use to tighten your stand-up comedy material. Here’s the 20 word rule in a nutshell: Read the rest of this entry

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If you really want to learn how to write a stand-up comedy routine from scratch very quickly…

Let me show you exactly how to develop a stand-up comedy routine starting with nothing more than a single news headline I ran across online (I’m serious—I didn’t even read the article).

I’m talking about a tight stand-up comedy routine that is 100% suitable for corporate or cruise ship work. That’s exactly what I have done in the Premium Article How To Write A Stand-up Comedy Routine From Scratch.

Here’s what you will discover in this Premium Article: Read the rest of this entry

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