Stand-Up Comedy Tips - Preparing For Open Mic Night
By Steve Roye

If you are considering a stand-up comedy career, then you are probably aware of open mic nights-where most new comedians are born (or hatched-I'm not sure).

I want to give you a few quick stand-up comedy tips that you can use now to help you prepare for your next open mic:

Stand-up Comedy Tip #1: Understand that it is your delivery that will give you the most laughter impact on stage-not how the words or sentences in your act read from a piece of paper or word processor.

However many people get completely stuck trying to write jokes the old school way instead of using some of the easier and more effective topic based techniques for

developing big laugh comedy material that depend on delivery and presentation as opposed to "writing" jokes on paper.

In other words, you need to practice your stand-up comedy act extensively before an audience every sees you perform.

Stand-up Comedy Tip #2: Work out your stand-up comedy material in conversation before you take it on stage.

This is very easy to do provided that you DON'T tell anyone that you are actually delivering stand-up comedy material. I have personally worked out a ton of comedy material this way by just waiting for my turn to talk when with friends or family.

Stand-up Comedy Tip #3: Practice your stand-up comedy act extensively before you ever hit the comedy stage, keeping in mind that it is your delivery of your comedy material that will give you the most laughter power.

In order squeeze the most out of your open mic performances, you should record every single show that you do for performance evaluation-audio is fine, but video is much better.

If you are serious about commanding the stand-up comedy stage and need more information, check out the link in my resource box below.

Steve Roye is a globally recognized expert in stand-up comedy material development and performance improvement. For more stand-up comedy techniques, tips and secrets, check out Steve's Stand-up Comedy Tips hub page at: http://hubpages.com/hub/stand-up-comedy-tips-1

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