Why I left standup to become a writer

The comedians paradise

Here we have the amazing Joanne Lau a former comedian on the UK comedy circuit, who after many years of gigging on circuit, hating it, decided to follow her hero Tina Fey and focus more on script writing. This is a great podcast for knowing when to pivot careers and focus, here is an overview of what was discussed:

[[2:43]] How writing led her to comedy

[[10:46]] How standup is misunderstood

[[12:23]] What led to her hating standup

[[16:39]] The biggest question to ask yourself in comedy

[[17:24]] The difference between those that make it and those that dont

[[58:22]] Difference between standup and script writing

[[87:24]] Finding your own creative progress.

If you would like to know more about Joanne Lau , you can reach her on Twitter at @joannelauwrites, contact the Soho agency on their website at https://thesohoagency.co.uk/, if you would like to be informed more on Marvin McCarthy and what he is doing,you can reach him on https://linktr.ee/theflopmaster, or drop a message on info@instant-laughs.com. Also, if you like this episode, please subscribe and donate to the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise. 

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