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Greg Dean Step by Step to Stand-up Comedy [Kindle Edition]

Greg Dean (Author)

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If you think you're funny, and you want others to think so too, this is the book for you! Greg Dean examines the fundamentals of being funny and offers advice on a range of topics, including:

writing creative joke material
rehearsing and performing routines
coping with stage fright
dealing with emcees who think they're funnier than you are
getting experience
and lots more.

Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy is the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on the art of the stand-up comedian.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 1168 KB
Print Length: 208 pages
Publisher: Silverlake Ebooks (9 May 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B00502AIIW
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #123,883 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Positives and negatives THE ULTIMATE REVIEW. 22 Nov 2009

By AE Rowe

Format:Paperback

My little story is that I've been writing comedy for the past year and using my initiative I knew all of this already. The information covered is VERY basic and sticks to a very derivative format, delivery followed by a punchline which includes basically every clichéd comedic technique used over the past 50 years and the self written jokes are simply awful.
I found the chapter on how to get yourself known (open mic nights etc) quite useful but again very very simple and experience combined with wits can prove all of this and more.
Books are useful for information and interpretation but with any art form, you can't learn it from a book, it's all about self expression not planning each step of a simple routine in an approach the authors use.
I'm not trying to prove my own ideas or write a book here but the best things you can do are gain influence,experience,originality and you have yourself an art form rather than a bloke telling jokes derived from his inexperienced television.
Love and typin from me x

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A Giant Step For Comic Mankind! 4 Jan 2003

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I have been doing stand-up for a few months now and wish I'd read this before I started. Lots of very essential advice. A must-read for any new comic. Some of the stuff on joke structures was a bit complicated, but maybe I'm just stupid! Otherwise very readable and totally invaluable.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Outstanding guide for stand-up performers 21 Jun 2005

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

An outstanding book for anyone interested in transferring their comedy ideas into a practical stand-up routine:

- The book covers the following topics:
- The Secrets of Joke Structure
- Joke Writing
- What to write jokes about
- Improving your jokes
- Assembling a routine
- POV and narrative
- Rehearsing
- Mic technique
- Performance technique
- Developing experience

Through practical advice and a series of useful excersises Greg isolates the elements of comedy on an almost scientific linguistic level. Thereby allowing the writer/performer to explore, create and fine tune their original ideas without relying on cheap gimicks or plaguerising other performers. It has more in common with a NLP text or strategic business manual than some of the more anecdote based books available, although the book does contain several anecdotes when elaborating examples.

I purchased this book initially just to help with gag writing for screenplays but have become so confident through the process that I am now putting together actual routines for public performance.

Well worth it.

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Ben

Bought the book to help with writers block and the "where to begin" problem. The guy does tend to labour the point sometimes, and his example material needs updating. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Ben

Write a one-liner today!

Some have said this book is boring but that's because it overcomplicates a basically good joke writing method but if you can plough through it, the author has found a great way to... Read more

Published 18 months ago by Sally Holloway, Author: Joke Writing (Serious Guide to)

The one book that's actually got me writing - and enjoying it

Well. Here we are. Ive actually bothered to write a review. I thought I should, as it might help to know how good this book is for producing material for those people, like me,... Read more

Published 19 months ago by LeeHudson

I bought this book about a month ago. I'm a slow reader, real slow. Usually takes me 6 months to read a book, and this one is no exception. Read more

Published on 16 Oct 2009 by Mr. Barry Magan

Excellent for beginners and understanding

Very well laid out with simple instructions. An excellent building block for aspiring joke writers.

Published on 17 Sep 2009 by P. Cronin

Great way to start!!

I brought this book just before December 2007 just before I was about to do my first performance. I'm so glad I did! Read more

Published on 10 Aug 2009 by A. Sodha

a great great book for any aspiring stand up

I bought the Judy Carter book but this is far superior .Its full of tips and sensible advice from writing material to something as basic as mic technique . Read more

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