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u/BryanTriesComedy · 8 pointsr/comedywriting

Pretty much everyone who starts comedy has no idea how to write a joke but has been told they are funny. Just try it, https://www.reddit.com/r/Standup/comments/3jvwy7/welcome_to_rstandup_please_read_this_before/ has some good links on how to start standup. Books like this one from Greg Dean are a great place to start understanding joke structure. This website is an excellent resource for joke writing and id recommend starting here first.

If you really want to try standup you just have to do it, writing and all. Do some research on joke writing, ive listed some good starting points but even googling "how to write a joke" will work. Try to understand the joke structure, follow some basic formulas and start writing. Your jokes are not going to be funny when you first start out and thats ok because no ones first jokes are funny. Follow this class from the reddit link above once youve started writing something, anything, and then find an open mic.

If you want to be a successful comedian you have to find your voice in comedy, and you cant do that if someone else is writing for you. It can be nerve rattling to get on stage and tell jokes youve written but its the only way to get good at standup.

u/TheTerminalHope · 1 pointr/comedywriting

Thank you so much for your feedback; it is appreciated! I have actually finished this work (Wattpad has the two first chapters free and it is available on Amazon in full).

That is a great point, and one that, especially from the get-go, is obvious. I have tried writing in many other genres (from fantasy to sci-fi to even, yes, I admit with my head hung in shame, romance), and plot is not my strong suit (it's not easy!), so the fourth-wall breaks are consistent and quite meta, but certainly not for everyone. I did go back and forth with how much was too much in the beginning; but, from the get-go, with the zany melding of Postmodern and Medieval thoughts and styles, I decided the fourth wall was almost not needed, so to speak, especially with the way I handle words. Thank you again!

https://www.wattpad.com/story/164850240-the-netherland-tale-the-most-politically-correct

https://www.amazon.com/Netherland-Tale-Politically-Correct-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B07GWX8SHC

u/ReliableSource · 5 pointsr/comedywriting

Check out Scott Dikkers' book on comedy writing. It's geared towards prose, but I think it's applicable to other forms of comedy as well.

u/Bill_Murray_Movies · 5 pointsr/comedywriting

Joe Toplyn has a good book on writing packets for late night TV shows if that's what you're thinking about trying to get in to. I read the book last year and have since to forget everything it contained so I can't be much help, sorry.

Here's a link to the book anyway:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comedy-Writing-Late-Night-Monologue-Short-Form/dp/0615953891