How to Write Funnier Jokes In this comedy writing article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 10 – Act Out the Comedy Scenes, I’ll explain how learning to identify, write and act out the scenes make your jokes and routines funnier. Previously in this series, “How to Write Funnier Jokes” you’ve learned: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, Tip 2 – End Punchlines with the Reveal, Tip 3 – Use K-Words to Enhance Punchlines, Tip 4 – Localize Comedy Routines, Tip 5 – Make Punchlines More Negative, Tip 6 – To Pun or Not to Pun, Tip 7 – Eliminate Comic’s Cliches, and Tip 8 – Improve Material ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes In this comedy writing article, “How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 9 – Make the Jokes About You,” I’ll show why making yourself the subject of your jokes and stand-up comedy routines improves the quality of the audience response. Previously in this series, “How to Write Funnier Jokes” you’ve learned: How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, Tip 2 – End Punchlines with the Reveal, Tip 3 – Use K-Words to Enhance Punchlines, Tip 4 – Localize Comedy Routines, Tip 5 – Make Punchlines More Negative, Tip 6 – To Pun or Not to Pun, Tip 7 – El ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes In this comedy writing article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 8 – Improve Material Using Specifics, I’ll demonstrate how using specific details makes jokes easier to understand, more relatable, and funnier. Previously in this series of joke writing series of articles, you’ve learned How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, Tip 2 – End Punchlines with the Reveal, Tip 3 – Use K-Words to Enhance Punchlines, Tip 4 – Localize Comedy Routines, Tip 5 – Make Punchlines More Negative, Tip 6 – To Pun or Not to Pun, and Tip 7 – Eliminate Com ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes One important aspect of stand-up comedy is knowing how to write funnier jokes than other comedians. With that in mind, here’s a professional comedian’s insider tip on how to write funnier jokes. “In stand-up comedy, you strip out everything except what serves the joke.” – Patton Oswald. One of the best ways to better joke setups and punchlines is to keep it short. When you are editing your jokes, try to cut out any unnecessary words. Every word should serve a purpose. The vast majority of jokes are only a couple of sentences long. Any longer and you risk losing ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes When you want to write funnier jokes, end the punchline with the surprise. Surprise is the element that will take your joke from good to great. It’s what will make your audience laugh out loud and remember your joke long after they’ve heard it. The Reveal is the word, phrase, or action within the punchline that exposes the unexpected interpretation and shatters the setup’s expected interpretation. Whew! First you must identify the Reveal in your punchline. It’s the only imperative information in the punchline to make the joke work. If you don’t know what it ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes In this joke writing article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 4 – Localize Comedy Routines, I’ll show how localizing your comedy routines can get bigger laughs for the same jokes from local audiences.  Previously in this series of joke writing articles, you learned How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, and the reasons for keeping jokes concise. In the joke writing technique article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 2 – End Punchlines with the Reveal, and how to identify the Reveal of the punchline and place it at the end, so ..read more

Joke Writing with Greg Dean In this online video clip, Greg shares some of the secrets of effective joke writing, the techniques behind it, and why it works.  Stand Up Comedy, contrary to popular belief can be taught! This is just a short clip where Greg starts to break down the anatomy of a joke and how one goes about using a simple system to write a joke that has all the elements of a truly good joke.  In just three minutes, Greg shows you how assumptions play an important part in both the set up and the punch and how to use the assumptions to get your audience to laugh. Greg ..read more

What’s Bugging You? A great stand up comedy premise usually begins with a negative opinion.  But there’s a common misconception that having a negative opinion means you must feel hate, or strong anger.  And sure, if you do feel hate (and it’s funny), or you do carry burning anger (and it’s funny), then go for it!  But most negative opinions are simply things that annoy you, your pet peeves, the things that get under your skin. They can also be things that confuse you, or cause you doubt, fear or even paranoia. Negative opinions sometimes come from experiences: If someone ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes  In this joke writing article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 7 – Eliminate Comic Cliches, I’ll convince all comedians to extinguish all the hacky, trite, overused, tired, and stereotypical phrases and actions from stand-up comedy routines and shows. Previously in this series of joke writing articles, you learned How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, Tip 2 – End Punchlines with the Reveal, Tip 3 – Use K-Words to Enhance Punchlines, Tip 4 – Localize Comedy Routines, Tip 5 – Make Punchlines More Negative, and Tip 6 – To Pun o ..read more

How to Write Funnier Jokes In this joke writing article, How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 6 – To Pun or Not to Pun, I’ll compare several different approaches to using puns, play-on-words, double entendres, ambiguous words or phrases, and double meaning words in stand-up comedy jokes. Comedians are striving to get the biggest laughs from jokes and routines, so here are a few joke writing tips to help maximize the stand-up comedy audiences’ laughter. Previously in this series of joke writing articles, you learned How to Write Funnier Jokes: Tip 1 – Make Setups and Punchlines Short, Tip 2 ..read more