tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post7770212834409041431..comments2023-05-30T04:25:37.367-04:00Comments on Sandpaper Suit | Matt Ruby's comedy blog: A hybrid approach to writing onstageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-36762430136516672402010-01-12T08:46:14.304-05:002010-01-12T08:46:14.304-05:00Very nicely planned out blog post.
Unless you spo...Very nicely planned out blog post.<br /><br />Unless you spontaneously came up with those Maron and Birbiglia quotes (which would be impressive, nice riffing).<br /><br />Also, was the mention of Curb's improv mechanism planned out originally too? Or did it come up in some kind of Curb-like blog-writing improv session?<br /><br /><br /><br />The only thing that I would add at this point is, you don't even HAVE to have an endpoint planned. Or you can, but you don't need to aim for it or get there necessarily, if the moment takes you elsewhere.<br /><br />Rory Scovel is a great example of someone who can start a joke in one place, and just have it roll seamlessly into somewhere else completely, that I imagine wasn't part of any initial plan but more likely some improvising at some point.<br /><br />If things are going well on stage, it can often be fun and helpful to just push things farther than you were planning.<br /><br />I wasn't going to say any of this in my original plan to just make meta-jokes about the blog post, see?<br /><br />Fart ninja!myqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772814671528097421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-30981215479151960992010-01-11T16:04:27.031-05:002010-01-11T16:04:27.031-05:00It definitely helps to listen for the laughs in my...It definitely helps to listen for the laughs in my stories. I find that sometimes the joke itself wasn't that funny, but then after I finish the story, I'll add on some random tags and endings that I accidentally made up on the spot, and those end up getting much greater laughs.<br /><br />I'm not sure whether people are laughing because I say something funny or becuase they're thinking "I guess that's the end of that joke! Time to laugh!" but going back and experimenting with it more to see if you can recreate the moment is quite useful.socehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093354866114461001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-40045368747997818112010-01-11T15:46:50.523-05:002010-01-11T15:46:50.523-05:00I like the idea of listening for the laughs in rec...I like the idea of listening for the laughs in recordings, instead of listening to my own voice and getting caught up in how weird I sound. Negatively anticipating the way I tell something keeps me from listening to sets right away, which probably delays my writing.Abbi Crutchfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984255030758291096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938448068751972875.post-39627762986715590962010-01-11T15:16:43.122-05:002010-01-11T15:16:43.122-05:00It's also worth checking out Daniel Tosh's...It's also worth checking out Daniel Tosh's interview with Nick Swardson. They also represent the two poles of the approach to comedy writing (Swardson doesn't write out anything, whereas Tosh is meticulous in writing out his jokes):<br /><br />http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=10639024<br /><br />(Plus, Tosh also interviews Carlin, who's always worth watching.<br /><br />Most bad-ass moment:<br /><br />Carlin: When an audience is that small, 400...<br />Tosh: That's huge to me, just so you know.)Harrisonnoreply@blogger.com