Yes, tis true. Writers write...
So, why haven't I been writing? Guess I could offer all the same lame excuses most of us would offer - been in a slump... haven't been inspired... been too busy... the dog ate my jokes...
On one hand, I feel pretty good that between my verbal material and jokes I have about 60 minutes worth of material overall. Mixing and matching, I can get about 45 or so for corporate and about 45 or so for church events.
But I can feel that I need more. I need to trim down my collection of witty anecdotes to only the best and then see how much "ultra-A" material I have... after that, write more material that is, hopefully, of the "A" variety.
What I've noticed, however, is that when audiences continue to laugh at the standard material, it's easy to fall prey to the "Demon of Procrastination" and simply "wait for inspiration." Sometimes that does happen. The other night I penned a couple of new jokes - and I have a few others I've been bantering around, trying to refine.
Tonight I am in a contest over in Westminster at The MadCap Improv Theater. We have 5 - 7 minutes to fill, so I'm doing all my material that usually gets good laughs. I only know two other comics on the show - the other names I don't recognize. Sometimes those "dark horses" can come out of nowhere and steal the votes - and with $100 cash on the line, well, I don't wanna take any chances! (That would just about fill up my minivan to get me back home after the show!)
Don't forget to tip your wait staff...
