My September newsletter Hi all, A reader of my newsletters asked when there was going to be another photo of my daughter's dog Faith. Always keen to serve the needs of my readership, I have dug out a recent one. In this photo I am writing a Substack article on How Stand-up Comedy Works. (I wasn't really - I was working on a speech I was helping a guy with, but this way I can plug my excellent Substack). Here's the growing archive. Have a read and SUBSCRIBE for new articles on How Stand-up...

My August 2026 newsletter Hi all, My desire to avoid the overused phrase "deep dive" led to me coining "profound plunge" which I debuted in my new book The Complete Comedy Script Toolkit. (Just one place left by the way on my upcoming live Zoom couse where you will Write Your TV Comedy Script in six weeks. And I do one-to-one script coaching too) I do like 'profound plunge' but, for this newsletter I wanted to debut a new phrase to describe the depths I'm going to in my analysis of stand-up...

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