As you work on your sitcom script, be it for television or radio, it will go through a number of drafts. We thought it might be helpful, therefore, to talk you through each stage of the drafting process.
As a comedy writer you are often little more than the flutter of a butterfly's wing away from huge success or going back to the drawing board. There are, however, plenty of things you can do to ensure the process isn't any more difficult or stressful than it needs to be.
If you want to be a successful comedy writer, your scripts will have to be funny. There is no two ways about it. So, here is a checklist of "funny" that your script should ideally deliver...
As the BBC's inaugural Comedy Collective application window reaches its final weekend, we have an exclusive Q&A with Commissioning Editor Emma Lawson and Assistant Commissioning Editor Emma Barnard about the scheme, why it's been created, and what the BBC is looking for.
We look at three exercises used by professional comedy writers that can be employed in a wide range of situations where you find yourself stuck. They'll help you generate ideas, refine characters and hone storylines.
