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Pretty straight forward. Is it a good book?
"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
' Comedy writing secrets' Good read?
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"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
I haven't read it, but writing comedy and learning how to be a funnier person are two very different things. If you're seeking the latter, I wouldn't look for it in a book. If you're seeking the former, well then I just don't know. Maybe someone else can help you out there.
I've got it although I haven't read it completely.
So far it's got some great tips... and a lot of boring bla, bla, bla.
Basically it tells you to stop for a while and think about what could be funny about a photo, or a newspaper, or other item. Write all your ideas down, take the funniest, then structure them the best way.
I wouldn't buy it, I'm sure there're better books out there.
So far it's got some great tips... and a lot of boring bla, bla, bla.
Basically it tells you to stop for a while and think about what could be funny about a photo, or a newspaper, or other item. Write all your ideas down, take the funniest, then structure them the best way.
I wouldn't buy it, I'm sure there're better books out there.
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how many comics get laid? not the DJ way to go, imo
It'll show you how to write a joke, it won't make you funny.
I think being funny is a matter of being 100% confident and being around people who know and like you.
You can say some really funny things around people you don't know well and they won't laugh. You can also say some really lame stuff around people you know and get a laugh pretty easily.
It comes down to being confident enough to express your creativity around people.
The one iteresting part of that book was this: the basis of comedy is feeling superior to someone or something.
Oh yeah, one other thing he mentions is that people don't laugh at jokes so much as they laugh at characters. If people perceive you as a funny person, they will laugh at what you say. If people see you as something other than funny, they won't laugh as much - unless you have them under your thumb or something.
I don't know how to develop that character though.
I think being funny is a matter of being 100% confident and being around people who know and like you.
You can say some really funny things around people you don't know well and they won't laugh. You can also say some really lame stuff around people you know and get a laugh pretty easily.
It comes down to being confident enough to express your creativity around people.
The one iteresting part of that book was this: the basis of comedy is feeling superior to someone or something.
Oh yeah, one other thing he mentions is that people don't laugh at jokes so much as they laugh at characters. If people perceive you as a funny person, they will laugh at what you say. If people see you as something other than funny, they won't laugh as much - unless you have them under your thumb or something.
I don't know how to develop that character though.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
comedy is about delivery; comedy is not about the words you use. therefore, learning to write comedy wont do you any good. see if you can find something on performing standup comedy or something of that sort. just listen and learn from actors, practice it on your own time.