Tips for Writing Stand Up Comedy

"You write down as much as you can. I always tell people don't try to write jokes when you write from your unconscious or whatever or just stream of conscious or whatever you want to call it. I just sit at the computer and write when I feel like writing, something happens to me, something painful sometimes. Ah happened today. Yeah something painful happened and so I just start typing and even through the anger after your typed up something funny will come out because its like a relief. That's so true. Right? Even when I was 15 years old I was really pissed at my parents for not letting me go to camp or something and so I wrote this letter in my diary and years letter I read it and it was hilarious. See? I'm telling you. Absolutely you get emotions and anger is great. Anger is actually what- I think comedy comes from pain and pain has two side. It has drama or comedy. Its a fine line. Totally. My mom is the bomb. When she has pain its 'oh the negative oh so you don't know what happened. Yes everything is, I know your mom see everything negative but let me tell you that's life. I cant be happy like this always ha-ha happy look at me I'm happy. You know what is that? So that's my mom. Its like total drama. Me on the other hand the same thing, same exact thing its comedy, I see the funny, I lighten up the load. I thinks its healthy to lighten up the load even in the most tragic moments. You know how people at funerals sometimes laugh? Its nervous laughter. Yea but its a release. Because it is a release of the pain. Its so painful that you beyond the pain. And when I was at my fathers funeral I was laughing. I was like, this is ridiculous."