Your comedy career

Written by: Dan Sweryt
Published: Wednesday 8th January 2025

Pro member Dan Sweryt is a comedy writer and script editor whose extensive credits include Breaking The News, The Skewer, Noising Up, The Naked Week, Only An Excuse?, Lewis Macleod's Wired News, Tilt and more.

'Career' is a strong way of putting it, isn't it? You've decided you want to be a comedy writer, so you've already decided you don't need money!

Obviously the dream is to sit there day after day banging out episodes of sitcoms that will appear on the TV year after year. But the reality is that won't happen - and isn't for even some already...