Checking your equipment

Some professions - and hobbies - are expensive. Some aren't.

Comedy writing is certainly one of those activities that shouldn't cost you a fortune to get started in.

Indeed, you don't really need anything.

As the hugely successful Andy Riley (Sherlock Gnomes, Year Of The Rabbit, Seize Them!) puts it:

[quote]You can become a writer with an investment of one quid. At my local pound shop, that buys you a two hundred page lined pad. Pens are free from any betting shop. Go in and grab a fistful. Now write. When you've got down something you like, you can type...