improv

How to write jokes that are like sketches by using improv theory

You don't need a degree in improv

Oct 14 •

Caroline Clifford

Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #4: Discovery > Invention

You don't need to invent new stuff, you're already very messed up

Aug 29 •

Caroline Clifford

Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #3: Flashing (+ Exercise)

It doesn't mean showing your junk

Jun 28 •

Caroline Clifford

Why structure and plotting is killing the laughs

Keep it loose you goose!

May 13 •

Caroline Clifford

Will an improv class make you a better stand-up?

Eventually, perhaps

Jan 18 •

Caroline Clifford

Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #2: If this is true what else is true?

[inauthentic] punchlines can feel like they’re bent out of shape to fit the premise, rather than the punchline being the result of imaginative causality

Aug 1, 2023 •

Caroline Clifford

Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #1: Game

Improv is the opposite of hack. it's less "I've heard that before" and more "I've never heard that before, and nor would I wish to again!"

Jul 10, 2023 •

Caroline Clifford

Keep it loose you goose!

How structure and plot are making your set less funny and creative

Jun 26, 2023 •

Caroline Clifford

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