Procrastination was my enemy and still is to this day. Its always there for me to fight . You can use all the tools available out there to defeat this beast. Here are the links to the books: http://www.stevenpressfield.com/do-the-work/ http://www.stevenpressfield.com/the-war-of-art/
Category: 365 Things I learned!
Rehearsing and Stand up Comedy
A lot of my comedian friend’s poo poo the Greg Dean book “Step by Step to Stand-up” I found it to be a bit confusing in the process of writing a joke and I am still to this day a Judy Carter school of comedy guy when it comes to joke writing. But Greg […]
Larry Zbyszko: Professional Wrestler
I was totally brainwashed by my childhood idols – comic book heroes like Superman, the Lone Ranger, and one of my all-time favorites, Zorro. There was no doubt in my mind that saving the helpless from injustice, thwarting evil and winding up with the beautiful damsel in distress was what life was all about. In fact, the first thing […]
Stop Waiting for Fame
I had to share this its from my mentor Judy Carter here is a link to the original post: http://blog.comedyworkshops.com/ OK, you’ve read my book, The Comedy Bible, and you probably have a standup act — or a least a journal full of ideas. So, now what? How do comics get from being “nobody” to […]
Professionals and Amateurs
Resistance and being a Professional “The War of Art”: Professionals vs Amateurs… It’s very different; the difference is that if you think like an amateur you won’t get anywhere… “The armature plays for fun, the professional plays for keeps” To the armature the game is his avocation to the pro it’s his vocation. The armature is […]
Stage Time Continuum
Have you ever seen a new comic show up everywhere, or every time your at an open mic you see this person, sure in the beginning they may not be that great, but then you start to see them evolving, changing and the whole time you are seeing this happen on stage faster that other […]
Comic Timing
I recently decided to learn more about comic timing or as some would call it the delivery. There are two schools of thought when it comes to this: “Either you have it, or you don’t” and the “it can be learned” school of thought. I like everything in my life was not born with this […]