Failure In Stand Up Comedy - Into Success
Posted on June 4, 2008
Being not quite funny enough in stand-up comedy is almost as bad as being a complete failure. At least if you are a complete failure, you know you should not do stand-up comedy.
If you are almost funny enough, but somehow the audience just titters at your best punchline, and laughs politely now and again, it might seem difficult to turn your act into a success. But you know you could succeed. The question is how.
To start with, realize that stand-up comedy requires method, and a system like anything else. What separates the successes form the failures? One thing is that they believe they are successful, and another is that they act as if they are, on-stage and off-stage. Do you?
Maybe you are not sure how to do it. Or maybe your act actually requires that you look nervous and diffident. That's OK, so long as it is your act.
Practice makes perfect with stand-up comedy as with most things. You need to practice in front of a mirror and practice everything - including the pauses, the facial expressions, and your unique movements or whatever.
Also, you need to give your act some structure. It needs more than just a beginning, middle and end, but a series of cohesive situations, with the actions and words all going together. Maybe you do try but are not quite getting that together.
Maybe you think your jokes are not good enough. Or maybe you can't always remember the best stories, so you don't tell them.
Here are some questions to ask yourself:
How can I make my comedy material funnier?
How can I add more punchlines to my comedy material?
How do I come up with better jokes?
How can I improve my timing?
How do I handle hecklers?
There are plenty of ways of overcoming these problems, and it all begins with more practice.
Paul Cooper loves comedy and fun in life, and has been writing about these things for many years. Find solutions to your stand up comedy problems at http://www.healthfunsuccess.com
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