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"That’s how I structure my act and my year on the road. I start the year with no jokes. I start writing, doing short sets in New York. Then I do longer and longer sets until I have a solid hour. Then I go on the road, starting in clubs and building the bigger and bigger venues. Finally, in the fall, I do a theater tour, during which I perfect the material through repetition and finally I record it as a special and then I throw that material away."

Louis C.K. on how he creates and works on the material for his comedy specials (TechDirt via ChristianLee.com)

#Louis C.K. #comedy specials #writing

Link "Why there was nothing 'human' about Jan Moir's column on the death of Stephen Gately"

The British really know how to have a war of letters. In America, a fight over a homophobic article would not have the kind of class, wit, or beauty of writing exhibited by this piece. I admire not only the content of the article but the way Brooker so elegantly makes his point.

A choice example (emphasis added): “It has been 20 minutes since I’ve read her now-notorious column, and I’m still struggling to absorb the sheer scope of its hateful idiocy. It’s like gazing through a horrid little window into an awesome universe of pure blockheaded spite. Spiralling galaxies of ignorance roll majestically against a backdrop of what looks like dark prejudice, dotted hither and thither with winking stars of snide innuendo.“ Now THAT’S how you write an editorial criticism.

#stephen gately #jan moir #charlie brooker #writing #criticism

Link "I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script" by Josh Olson

Funny how things are timed. I was getting ready to write a piece about how hard it is to give advice to other comics when I ran across this article. It contains a lot of what I wanted to say. (I’ll still publish my take soon, but thought I should share this article because it really is so incredible.)

#Josh Olson #writing #advice