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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