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P1- book myself for an open mic in next three weeks.

P2- Make contacts with some comedians

P3 Read ur jokes loudly , to understand how they sound , instead of reading them.

Joke writing

1) Setup should be interesting enough to keep audience engage with u , it needs not to be funny,
but if it is then good. But it has to be interesting.

Setups are usually very serious and authenticmeaning that they


Have a ring of truth and honesty. Look at these serious setups from some

First step setup

The setup is not the funny part of a joke, but ii is the most important
pan. If you can't get the audience interested at the beginning of a joke,
they are not going to be there at the end of the joke. Audiences make up
their minds very quickly, so on every joke it's important to first capture
their attention, then make them laugh.
Setups are usually very serious and authenticmeaning that thev
have a ring of truth and honesty. Look at these serious setups from some
very funny people.

When you seem sincere and personally revealing in your setup, it gets
the audience to relate to what you're talking about. Then, when you
jump to the funny part, it creates a surprise that makes people laugh. If
you start funny, there is no way to build to the laugh.
Topic to joke .

Attitude + TOPIC + Premise + Act-out + Mix + Act-out

Har ek joke ka apna ek attitude hona chahiye, jese actors ki her line me emotion hota he wese hi..

Ek emotion ,energy ya intent har line me hona chahiye..kJoke ko kis attitude me le jana he use check karne ke liye
use pehle ek bar loudly bol kar dekhe ya ohitr tape record kare , aur jaha pe thik na lage waha fir se uska attitude
change karna he.

Here are the four basic attitudes that are useful for working with this
bookand writing jokes for, say, the rest of your career:
1. "weird"
2. "scary"
3. "hard"
4. "stupid"

For examplr if I add attitude to topic DRUGS

1)you know whats weird about Drugs ?

1)you know whats scary about Drugs ?

1)you know whats hard about Drugs ?

1)you know whats stupid about Drugs ?

Practice saying the above list .

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