Embrace failures, celebrate wins

Written by: Mike Cooper
Published: Tuesday 12th March 2024

BCG Pro member Mike Cooper explains his approach to comedy writing.

Unfortunately, there's only one thing that's 100% guaranteed as a comedy writer: failure.

Don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those pieces. It's just a cold hard fact, every writer fails. It doesn't matter how good you are, how well known or well received your work may be, you'll still be failing far more than you are succeeding. That's just the nature of the beast, so, embrace the failure and for Pete's sake, please just keep writing!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's going to...

Mike's website is wwtf.co.uk