How John Mulaney, Ali Wong, and Chris Rock open sets by establishing a clear premise.
Dear Matt,
Great piece!
Love this:
"Don’t open with your funniest joke.
Open with a premise that makes the audience feel like:
This is going somewhere."
And this:
"First: clarity
Then: connection
Then: punchlines"
Funny that those two items offer a ton of clarity and promise AND they appear at the very END of your piece!
Thanks for sharing!
Love
Myq
PS If it's helpful, maybe you could do something with "premise" and "promise." They're so close!
Thanks. Maybe I can set up a workflow where AI summarizes MIT professors and posts the results to Substack and I don’t even have to login. Voila, passive revenue stream!
Dear Matt,
Great piece!
Love this:
"Don’t open with your funniest joke.
Open with a premise that makes the audience feel like:
This is going somewhere."
And this:
"First: clarity
Then: connection
Then: punchlines"
Funny that those two items offer a ton of clarity and promise AND they appear at the very END of your piece!
Thanks for sharing!
Love
Myq
PS If it's helpful, maybe you could do something with "premise" and "promise." They're so close!
Thanks. Maybe I can set up a workflow where AI summarizes MIT professors and posts the results to Substack and I don’t even have to login. Voila, passive revenue stream!