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Unit 2 · Chapter 8 · 8 min

The observation notebook (and why yours is boring)

Most comics write down topics. Topics are not material. Here's what to capture instead.

Open the notes app of any new comedian and you will find a graveyard of nouns. Airports. Dating apps. My mom. Those aren't premises, they're categories, and a category has never made anyone laugh. You wrote down the folder, not the file.

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