My First Time

by Tales From The Script

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I stepped out on stage the lights were bright and hot.
I started sweating almost immediately.
Maybe it was nerves being my first time,
but the heat was like noon in the desert.
The audience didn’t make a sound.
I confidently spit out half of my set I was clearly bombing.
I knew this was my only chance to prove myself to my family.
I could be somebody in the comedy world.
” I took a drink and wiped my face.”
I had to step it up.
A third of the set I heard a few chuckles,
but not the laughter it was going to take to make it in the biz.
I told the last joke of my set, staring out into the crowd ;
I was finished for sure.
When laughter came from the back of the room.
“A deep voice laughed like I was the funniest thing since Chris Rock”.
I looked around standing in the doorway it was my dad.

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Average Reader Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5

  1. My First Time

    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    yey! you used my line! and very well, I must say.

  2. My First Time

    Mask By The Moon's Buddy Icon Mask By The Moon

    Posted 10 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    uhhhhhhhhh… what’s your line?

  3. My First Time

    Tales From The Script's Buddy Icon Tales From The Script

    Posted 10 months ago

    it’s on tiggerstripn2 page in comments

  4. My First Time

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 10 months ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    It’s a fun story, but the grammar issues (mostly punctuation) make it a bit hard to read in places, like the first sentence. Just me being picky again.

  5. My First Time

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 10 months ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    I sequeled onto Mistress Elsha Hawk’s entry to keep things rolling.

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