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Some sitcom thoughts occurred to me after listening to another fascinating podcast from Scriptnotes - Ep197 How Do Bad Movies Get Made . Mov...

Chuck Wendig has a brilliant blog and this  post is very insightful – and visceral – about storytelling. In short, your protagonist needs t...

Since the last post here , there's been some discussion on Twitter about hack scenes and cliches. Simon Blackwell made the point that yo...

In the past, I've blogged about hack lines - or clams as they're called in our world, at the moment. That's  here and here . An...

How do you introduce a new character into your sitcom? Quickly. That would be my advice. Jasmine (Susan Wokoma) rocks Maybe you hav...

A deadline looms large. It's the BBC Writers Room window for submitting comedy scripts. From 9th March to 2nd April 2015, their comedy s...

Yes, of course they do. I'm sure many producers probably feel this way. Writers are just one extra voice in the mix which feels like i...