S2E1 - NYNJ #2 - Trenton Davis

Welcome to Week 2 of our New Years - New Joke series on the Comedy Mom Podcast!



This week I am sharing with you my interview with Trenton Davis from the New Years New Jokes writing intensive. The instensive was over a week, but  I'm bringing you one of the interviews and writing exercises to weekly.

--



Week 2 Exercise! We are going to do exactly what Trenton suggested. To get you started, I want you to warm up by writing down 5 of your beliefs. I want you take one of your beliefs and write down the opposite. Now, write some jokes about it.



These exercises aren't about writing the perfect joke, right away. I called this process "The Great Premise Hunt" because you go down into the metaphorical premise mine and go looking for new, unpolished topics to write about. From these exercises you might find one or two jokes that you can then work on to polish and shape into something stage worthy. You might even find something you can expand on and jump off of. It doesn't have to be stage worthy now. So, get to writing!

Check out "New Year - New Jokes" on Facebook if you want to join us for the writer's group. 

---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comedy-mom/message