I know many comedians struggle with comedy writing. It just doesn't have to be that way if you are a naturally funny person in everyday life.

Let me show you how I approach comedy writing.

Here's an actual news headline I saw today:

Man calls 911 as he struggles with police

Using this single headline sentence, I don't really have to much comedy writing at all to get a laugh. This headline by itself represents a guaranteed big laugh and the beginnings of a full blown stand-up comedy skit should I decide to expand it.

Here's how I would use a bit of comedy writing skill to turn this single news headline into a beginning stand-up comedy skit:

“I was online, looking at the news
I saw this news headline:
Man calls 911 as he struggles with…
The police”

I can guarantee that if delivered properly to an audience, these few lines will get a huge laugh every time.

Here are some secrets you need to know about the brief comedy skit I just presented:

Comedy Writing Secret #1: It would be very easy to expand upon the bit above by simply reacting to the news headline using your own sense of humor.

Comedy Writing Secret #2: The delivery of this bit is critical to its ability to generate the big laugh. An attitude of shear disbelief will probably get the greatest laughter response when delivering this stand-up comedy skit.

Comedy Writing Secret #3: The sentences in the stand-up comedy skit above are broken up by my own natural breath pauses (when we speak, we DON'T talk to the end of a sentence if it's a long sentence. It is broken up with natural breath pauses).

A HUGE factor in comedy writing and editing stand-up comedy material is to capture your own natural speaking rhythm when you are writing your comedy material down on paper.

I'll share this bit of insight with you:

Comedy writing for stand-up comics is much more involved than merely reciting words from a piece of paper.

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