What can amateur comedians learn about joke writing?

Comedy101 Amateur Stand-up Comedy Joke Writing Skills

We believe that amateur stand-up comedians are able to write jokes, scripts, comedy routines and funny promotions and marketing materials to support their comedy shows. That’s why we are developing new courses for the Comedy101 School of Joke Writing.

What can the average Amateur Stand-up Comedian successfully do?

Amateur stand-up comedians are successfully able to write funny comedy. If you’re having difficulty writing jokes, consider our professional development training for stand-up comedians. By studying with Comedy101, you can learn to develop many of the skills discussed in this article.

Amateur Stand-up Comedian demonstrate joke writing knowledge:

• Define various categories of jokes.
• Give examples of your funniest stand-up comedy.
• Select the best material for a comedy show.
• Omit jokes that do not satisfy your artistic goals.
• Enumerate the revenues, costs and earnings of a comedy job.

Amateur Stand-up Comedian comprehend these writing skills:

• Explain why a joke is funny.
• Discuss comedy writing and create jokes in groups.
• Research and compose funny comedy on new topics.
• Give examples of your best comedy.
• Demonstrate original humor.

Amateur Stand-up Comedians apply these writing concepts:

• Experiment with different ways of telling a joke.
• Teach other comedians to write jokes.
•  Write funny jokes for interviews.
• Judge the humor of jokes.
• Transform funny ideas into outstanding comedy.

Amateur Stand-up Comedians use a variety of assessment tools to analyze their skills.

• Break down scripts, diagram funny comedy.
• Compare jokes for quality laughter.
• Estimate a comedy writing job.
• Prioritize the funniest jokes in a stand-up comedy routine.
• Plan and propose a comedy writing job.

Amateur Stand-up Comedian can evaluate these joke writing concepts.

• Choose comedy material that distinguishes your writing sample as ‘outstanding’.
• Find errors, fix jokes.
• Test, debate and argue the quality of a joke.
• Persuade customers to purchase your jokes.
• Point out errors and re-frame ideas to get a laugh the next time you perform stand-up comedy.

Amateur Stand-up Comedian can create comedy.

• Write funny stand-up comedy routines.
• Create new material that gets better laughs than your old material.
• Compose original screen plays, scripts or comedy.
• Propose, negotiate and manage comedy writing jobs.
• Invent new comedy.

To learn more about our joke writing courses visit the Comedy101 School of Joke Writing.