Have you ever dreamed of being the funny person in any group, the one who could make people laugh and brighten everyone else's day? The one people seek when they are feeling down because they know you will always give them the ability to share a laugh with you, to see the funnier side of life?
After sharing that dream for a long time, I decided long ago to start studying, practicing and performing comedy, not aiming to be a professional comedian, but instead to be the person in any group of friends who would consistently be the funniest person at the table. As I heavily researched this subject throughout the past decade, I came to the realization that most books on comedy and improvisitational humor out there do not approach comedy from a social standpoint, opting instead to target themselves at standup comedians, screenwriters or actors, oftentimes covering what could be easy to understand, simple concepts in a midst of confusion and abstraction.
In order to try to desmistify the topic and bring humor into any social interaction, I have taken all the major insights I've learned and tried to apply them to the social situations most of us face daily. In doing so, I have created a step-by-step, practical guideline along with several practical examples, making it easy to bring these ideas into life in any conversation. In this book, you will learn:
- How to deal with any anxiety you might have around your sense of humor.
- How to avoid making awkward jokes.
- How to enhance your creativity.
- How a joke works and different ways it could be structured.
- How to spot "the funny" in any given situation.
- How to tell better, funnier stories.
- How to use techniques from improvisational commedy to improve your comedic and social skills.
- The fundamental rule of comedy that will change the way you see humor.
- Over 10 techniques to incorporate more humor into your conversations.
- 6 "joke templates" which allow you to be funny immediately in various different situations.
If you are willing to learn how to step away from the mundane into a world of creative options and humorous opportunies and to share that newfound joy with your friends and loved ones, this might just be the book you're searching for.
