28 Min.
Inside Paul Kerensa’s Funny Mind Inside Funny Minds
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Hi, I’m Tim Reid. I write comedy and coach teams in creativity and innovation. And I think we can all learn how to be more creative by finding out how comedians and comedy writers think, behave and the methods they use for coming up with a steady stream of new material. So I’m getting inside their funny minds to see where their ideas come from.
Today I’m talking to comedy writer and stand up, Paul Kerensa. Paul co-wrote the award winning BBC 1 sitcom Not Going Out, as well as working on scripts for Miranda. He’s authored books on comedy including “So A Comedian Walks Into A Church’ and ‘Genesis The Bibluffer’s Guide’. Paul regularly gigs in comedy clubs across the UK and Europe and can often be heard on Chris Evan’s Radio 2 show providing the ‘pause for thought’.
Here are three brilliant creative exercises you’ll hear about from Paul…
Zoom out, zoom in… Zoom out to get expansive, explore a world of possible ideas, zoom in, to get detailed, craft an idea… but prepared to kill it and zoom out again if you realize its not working
Are you a plan it out meticulously before you start writing, type of person, or a just get writing and see where it goes type? Work out what works best for you
Make the time and space to be creative, turn your phone off, find a place that works for you and start thinking… zooming out and zooming in
Hi, I’m Tim Reid. I write comedy and coach teams in creativity and innovation. And I think we can all learn how to be more creative by finding out how comedians and comedy writers think, behave and the methods they use for coming up with a steady stream of new material. So I’m getting inside their funny minds to see where their ideas come from.
Today I’m talking to comedy writer and stand up, Paul Kerensa. Paul co-wrote the award winning BBC 1 sitcom Not Going Out, as well as working on scripts for Miranda. He’s authored books on comedy including “So A Comedian Walks Into A Church’ and ‘Genesis The Bibluffer’s Guide’. Paul regularly gigs in comedy clubs across the UK and Europe and can often be heard on Chris Evan’s Radio 2 show providing the ‘pause for thought’.
Here are three brilliant creative exercises you’ll hear about from Paul…
Zoom out, zoom in… Zoom out to get expansive, explore a world of possible ideas, zoom in, to get detailed, craft an idea… but prepared to kill it and zoom out again if you realize its not working
Are you a plan it out meticulously before you start writing, type of person, or a just get writing and see where it goes type? Work out what works best for you
Make the time and space to be creative, turn your phone off, find a place that works for you and start thinking… zooming out and zooming in
28 Min.
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