Sitcom Geek

BBC Sitcom writer James Cary is all about helping you write better sitcom scripts.

Thursday, 22 November 2012

What To Do When You're Stuck

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Plotting a half-hour sitcom episode is hard work. Really hard work. Writing a first episode of a new show is doubly hard work. And it's ...
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Throwing Out Really Funny Stuff

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A long time ago, Mitchell and Webb did an Edinburgh show in which Rob Webb played a playwright who sat at a typewriter. But he wasn't ty...
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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Easy Listening

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I spend hours and hours alone with a laptop. I like it, but even I get a bit fed up with the solitude. So during my lunch hour I often wande...
Monday, 5 November 2012

Tell Tale Signs

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A lovely story has just broken on Chortle  about a man who claims he has a sitcom on BBC but, on balance, probably doesn't. But it's...
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Monday, 29 October 2012

6 Rules For Writers in Production: Part 2

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So, continued from the last post here , four more rules for the writer in production on his/her own show. Rule Three: Don’t As...
Thursday, 25 October 2012

6 Rules For Writers in Production: Part 1

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Should you have the good fortune of having your sitcom script produced as a series, or even a pilot, you will find yourself having to make d...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Writing Comedy for Radio

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Radio comedy is often seen as the poorer cousin of television; a testing bed or a training ground . From personal experience, I c...
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