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.

This workbook assists and guides you in the process of performing and becoming a working comedian. Only stage time will give you the experience to apply all the techniques and skills you've learn in this workbook series. This companion workbook turns the instructions, advice, and goals from Chapters 9, 12, and 13 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into exercises so you can learn where to get experience and how to behave like a professional.

Learn joke structure and then write jokes using Dean's original joke writing system the Joke Prospector. This companion workbook turns each joke writing technique, from Chapters 1 and 2 of the paperback, eBook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy," into exercises, so now anyone, including you, can learn and practice the skills of writing funny jokes.

If you think you’re funny, buy this book! Whether you dream of becoming a star . . . A better public speaker . . . A more effective communicator . . . A funnier, happier human being . . . You can learn to leave ‘em laughing! David Letterman learned to do it. Jay Leno learned to do it. Roseanne Barr learned to do it. So can you! Now successful stand-up comic Judy Carter—who went from teaching high school to performing in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and on over 45 major TV shows—gives you the same hands-on, step-by-step instruction she’s taught to students in her comedy workshops. She shows you how to do it: create an act, perform it, make money with it, or apply it to everyday life. Discover: • The formulas for creating comedy material • How to find your own style • The three steps to putting your act together • Rehearsal do’s and don’ts • What to do if you bomb • Ways to punch up your everyday life with humor

Stop memorizing the words of your jokes! Instead, learn how to remember your material as if you're telling the story. This companion workbook turns Dean's memory techniques from Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into a series of easy exercises to teach anyone, including you, how to remember your material using natural memory.

Learn the writing techniques to make your jokes even funnier, and then assemble them into performable routines. This companion workbook turns the skills of joke improvement and routine building from Chapters 3 and 4 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into a series of easy exercises so you can learn how to make a good comedy show into a great one.

Before getting on stage, learn the tricks of the trade only working comedians know. This companion workbook offer the performing techniques from Chapters 10 and 11 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" as a series of easy exercises so anyone, including you, can practice the performing skills that'll turn you into a polished professional.