🎤how a tight 5 gets built

less a list of tips, more the order I actually do things in. still bombs some nights

write down everything that happened to you this week

not jokes yet. just the raw stuff, before you make it clever

find the actual opinion under the story

what happened isn't the bit. what you think about what happened is

say it exactly as written at an open mic, once

record every set, audio only

listen back the next day, mark where the room actually laughed

not where you thought it would land. where it did

cut the setup in half

kill anything that gets a chuckle but never a real laugh

order the 5 by energy, not by topic

closer goes last even if it isn't your favorite bit

run the final order for 2-3 weeks before you call it locked

the step everyone skips bc it feels like you're done. a bit that killed tuesday can die on a friday crowd, you need that data first

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