Two Ways to Find Your Creative Voice
How comedians cracked the code (and why artists should steal it)
There are two ways to develop your creative voice:
Way 1: The Traditional Path
Study techniques. Follow trends. Copy what’s popular. Hope you eventually sound like yourself.
Way 2: The Comedian Method
Create material. Test it in public. Keep what works. Scrap what doesn’t. Repeat until you find the intersection between what you love and what resonates.
Comedians call this “writing on stage.” Jerry Seinfeld’s entire career fits in one paperback book—but every joke was forged through testing, bombing, and refining.
I discovered my voice drawing a daily comic about myself as a comedian for over a year. Some bombed, some got light chuckles. But when my voice resonated, a publisher reached out.
That book became award-winning.
Your Exercise:
List 8 things you want to draw
Draw them in a grid (one per square)
Cover all but the two best
Those two? That’s your voice speaking
Voice isn’t something you find rather something you keep fine tuning.
Tomorrow: Voice needs an audience…