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• Introduction
• Getting Started in Comedy
• Gathering Material
• Finding Your Comedic Voice
• Developing a Comedic Persona
• Jokes and Bits
• Delivery
• Crafting Your Act
• Student Session: Workshopping Nalini's First Stand-Up Act
• Student Session: Workshopping Tim's Act
• Opening and Closing Your Act
• Profanity and Morality
• Growing as a Performer
• Nerves, Hecklers, and Bombing
• A Life In the Arts
• Creating Characters
• Story Techniques
• Screenwriting Case Study: Roxanne
• Editing
• Editing (cont'd)
• Writing Case Study: Meteor Shower
• Steve's Comedic Inspirations
• Steve's Journey
• Final Thoughts
• Bonus Case Study: Speeches