Finding Your Comic Genius

An In-Depth Guide to the Art of Stand-Up Comedy

By: Adam Bloom

Narrated by: Matt Lucas, Ed Byrne, Adam Bloom, Ninia Benjamin, Tim Clark, Carole King, Ady Lloyd, Hannah Oldman, Matt Welcome

This has proven to be the most significant book ever written on stand-up comedy and truly comes to life as an audiobook—especially with ‘before & after’ examples of punchlines. It explains groundbreaking methods and theories that give you the tools to fast-track your stand-up to the next level and will permanently change the way you look at writing and performing comedy. Although 'Finding Your Comic Genius' is an advanced book that was aimed at people who already do stand-up, thousands of new comedians all over the world have used the seventeen chapters on writing material to prepare for their first time onstage. It will also be beneficial to anyone who is planning on doing any form of public speaking.

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5-Star Standup Comedy Coaching through your Ears

I read Finding Your Comic Genius earlier this year and loved what I learned. It gave me a new layer of understanding about writing, rewriting, presenting, and delivering standup comedy. Then when I found out the book would be released on audio, I grabbed it immediately as an early Christmas gift to myself.

Here's what surprised me. Reading the book had already helped me better understand techniques related to polishing my jokes and mechanics for stronger joke delivery. However, hearing it in audio format hit differently. I picked up and learned things I don't remember reading the first and second time through.

Overall, this book made me aware of what I wasn't doing, what I was doing wrong, and what specifically I could fix. Listening to it now for the second time is helping those fixes become automatic. Having multiple narrators is a treat, making the audio feel like direct coaching through the concepts.

Thank you, Adam, for writing and sharing your writing methods in this must own book with the world.