How to Make Your Writing More Funny (Mark Normand Interview)

Learn more about Alpha School at ⁠https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Mark Normand is on the show today to teach us how to write good comedy. He moved to New York in 2006 when he was a nobody, barely knew how to tell jokes. This interview tells the story of how he worked his way up from admiring Seinfeld from afar to actually opening for him on tour in various cities. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:39 Why comics avoid writing 00:04:13 What Mark learned from the greats 00:07:25 How far can a joke go 00:09:13 Podcasts vs stand-up 00:13:01 You have to dig deep 00:15:50 Rapid-fire round 00:20:02 Tags, chunks, misdirects 00:24:57 Seinfeld's advice to Mark 00:27:48 Make the crowd complicit 00:32:31 The real craft of comedy 00:34:21 What's a comedian's routine like 00:38:59 How to find your unique voice 00:42:15 Chris Rock's hot take on easy jokes 00:44:51 The two skills comics need *About the host* Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. *Follow me* Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell

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