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Tips for Stand-up Comedians Looking for Excellence

Dr. Ashwin Nambiar is an experienced radiologist with research and financial experience that helps institutions adopt the best business practices that facilitate growth. Besides being committed to optimizing patient outcomes and helping healthcare businesses evolve with the changing times, Dr. Ashwin Nambiar has been a stand-up comedian since 2010.

Whether a stand-up comedian is a beginner or an experienced professional, important tips can take their skills to the next level. The following are vital tips every comedian should follow to succeed:

1. Permit Ideas to Evolve

The best material comedians write isn’t always the best when it's first written. In most cases, comedians create the initial key idea and test it out with audiences. Based on the feedback, they revise the joke or routine multiple times until they develop the best way to write and deliver it. Comedians can modify a joke more than 20 times before attaining the polished product.

2. Begin with a Home Venue

Starting at home can give a stand-up comedian the self-confidence to perform, as they’re in a comfortable and familiar venue. A home venue allows comedians to take chances by trying out new jokes and learning how to interact with audiences effectively. This paves the way for them to relax, get more creative, and move on to other audiences.

3. Don’t Memorize Performance Words

Memorizing lines makes comedians lose authenticity and sound robotic to an audience. Memorized performances make audiences feel a comedian is talking “at” them instead of “to” them. Stand-by comedians should instead focus on the story they wish to tell.
Tips for Stand-up Comedians Looking for Excellence
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