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How to write jokes that are like sketches by using improv theory
You don't need a degree in improv
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Caroline Clifford
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Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #4: Discovery > Invention
You don't need to invent new stuff, you're already very messed up
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Caroline Clifford
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Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #3: Flashing (+ Exercise)
It doesn't mean showing your junk
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Caroline Clifford
Why structure and plotting is killing the laughs
Keep it loose you goose!
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Caroline Clifford
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Will an improv class make you a better stand-up?
Eventually, perhaps
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Caroline Clifford
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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
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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!"
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Caroline Clifford
Keep it loose you goose!
How structure and plot are making your set less funny and creative
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Caroline Clifford
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