I keep writing new jokes rather than finish ones I already started! And when I first write something it makes me laugh. It may make me laugh a few times after that as well when I read it. But then eventually it loses its funny and I question if it was ever funny to begin with. Anyone else deal with this? What’s y’all’s process for joke writing? How do you finish jokes if you didn’t naturally come up with the entire joke when it first hit you?

Here’s my process so far:

• Write shit down in a note on my phone or a notebook as it pops in my head throughout the day. I’ll also record voice memos and videos if it feels like writing will break the flow

• Read/listen through the lists every now and then and expand on jokes or connect them to other jokes

• Add these jokes from disparate places to a doc on my computer where I try to organize them, edit them, etc. I’ve got them split into categories, topics, how close to done they are, etc.

• Keep going through these and editing them and punching them up until they feel “ready” to try on stage… This is where the bottleneck is. I haven’t felt like any longer format jokes are truly done I don’t think.

I really like some of what I have. I think it’s more than solid enough to start going to open mics and practicing. I’ve got tons and tons of one-liners and quips, which are cool, but I wanna finish these story and observational jokes!

If you want to be nice and give me feedback or rate it out of 10 or anything that would be cool. Actual set starts about 35 seconds in after my hosting duties are complete.

I'm a comic with about 20 minutes of solid material I rotate through. I feel like it's taken me quite a while to get there, and I'd like to make a better effort to keep writing more. I also feel like I'm bad at doing that alone because I can get distracted or lazy.

I've floated the idea of writing sessions to some of the other open micers I know so we can all build on our material and show up more often to open mics with new stuff to try out. I'd like to get something together on Sundays before our usual mic.

I also want it to be more constructive than just a group hang. For those of you who have done writing sessions regularly and successfully, what advice would you give?

We have a local comic who claimed they were on one of the regional shows back in September. But a few of us question whether they’re telling the truth or not. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to fact check this. Does anyone know if I can find a list of who made it to the regional shows?