If you have the extraordinary talent of making people laugh, you may want to consider a career as a professional stand up comedian. However, being successful at it requires more than just sheer talent ? you need to be smart and witty and most of all you must have the guts to go before throngs of people.
A small notebook and a pen are very essential to any aspiring stand up comedian. Always bring these with you whenever you go as you can’t tell the time when an idea will cross your mind. In case it does, make sure to jot it down so you won’t easily forget it.
Of course, you can write anything you believe to be funny, but remember to still be yourself when delivering the lines onstage. The lines should come out naturally and shouldn’t appear like you forced them out. It’s important, too, to prepare a script or at least outline the stuff that you want to say; or else, you will look stupid in front of everybody.
Before going onstage, know whom you are performing for so that you can come up with an appropriate setting. Do not belittle your audience and do not act superior to them because it is embarrassing if the audience dislikes you.
The audience will form an opinion of you even before you deliver your opening sentence, so grab their attention, be confident and show them your funny attitude. People are relaxed and ready for laughs when they sense a comedian is in control.
When performing more than once a week on the same venue, always try new materials and tell your joke completely in a different style and manner. Avoid using repetitive materials again and again until the audience can recite your script and get bored. Do not be afraid to try various styles because through this, you will evolve as a good comedian. Try to make a joke out of everything that you can. If you look funny even in the smallest of the situation, you will never be out of material for your act.
Always take control of your audience and avoid having it the other way around because you will never get it back and it will be damaging on your part. If something is not working, move on and make adjustments on the spot to fit your audience.
As you can see, to be a stand up comedian is not as easy as you may think. As with everything else, you need to practice and practice and to study hard. Be patient in doing these things and you?ll reap the rewards in due time.
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