No matter where you are on the career ladder, there’s always someone doing better than you.
I mean even JK Rowling probably sold less books than Dan Brown last year. She must be furious.
Think of a writer who’s more successful than you. Not difficult is it?
Since the start of radio and TV comedy, there have always been hugely successful writing partnerships.
In the latest episode of our podcast, James and I talk about how comedy writing is a bit like life, innit? https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/ Plus exciting news about the new season of topical comedy writing, find out how you can sign up for a brand new course here: https://www.davecohen.org.uk/learn-to-write-comedy/
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Creating compelling characters is hard. But it’s still not enough. You need two or more and they need to relate to each other.
Interview with John Vorhaus, author of The Little Book of Sitcom
Following on from my recent blogs, this week’s episode is all about rewriting… https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/episode_171/
The most successful writing is where the writer has worked hardest to eliminate everything they believe isn’t working.
Episode 170 of Sitcom Geeks is all about the final step before you plunge into your first draft – the outline. Plus Channel 4 news (as opposed to Channel 4 News) and Basil Fawlty’s Life of Brian. https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/sitcom_geeks/episode_170/ Thanks to everyone who has joined our Patreon Group, we really appreciate you. A Patreon subscription can
There are approximately one million nine hundred and sixty three thousand books out there telling you how to write a script. But as far as I can see there are only two about rewriting. And one of them is Making A Good Script Great by Linda Seger. Which is not about rewriting! It’s about going
Episode 169 of Sitcom Geeks looks in detail at the recent Pozzitive Productions script competition run by SG regular David Tyler. David is one of the most respected figures in the comedy industry, as well as working closely with Armando Iannucci developing his TV projects David has been one of the most consistently successful radio
