How Do Comedians Write Jokes?

Comedians think very, very hard about what we're going to say on stage. And through ike, tial and error is such a large part of being able to deliver jokes. I mean, just beyond the more elevated ways of looking at how comedians write jokes, here's a simple one. If you think you have too many words, you have three times as many words as you should. That's basically it es very weirdye.