Avoiding confusion

"Confusion is the enemy of comedy."

It's a comedy writing truth we regularly try to emphasise to our members - though, judging by some of the material we read, with varying degrees of success.

If, as we hope you will, you enter our latest Writing Award - cash prizes up for grabs! - it's a phrase that we'd particularly like you to bear in mind.

Sketches, in particular, tend to rely on ideas that are instantly digestible.

Perhaps your sketch offers a fresh, modern twist on a classic sketch or sketch form - The One Ronnie's Blackberry sketch is a...