Books
Marc Blake

How To Be A Sitcom Writer

  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    There is nothing like hearing your words performed by professional actors or seeing the scene you wrote on a wet Wednesday acted out on camera for the first time.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Sitcom is much loved by the general public and it is endlessly repeatable, which means that the writer will always have their work being broadcast somewhere in the world, and be getting paid for it.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Sitcom is not easy – some would say that it’s the hardest kind of comedy writing – but it is extremely rewarding. Your name on the credits is a huge validation of the months of hard work you have put into a project.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Sitcom writing is a commercial business, so will also offer hints and tips on how to go about getting an agent and how to deal with broadcasters or independent production companies when they show interest in your writing.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    I will look at sitcom characters and how to create them, what kinds of relationships work best, plotting and sub-plotting, and how to make it as potentially funny as possible. Included also are script templates and information on how to sell your work and to whom.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    In this book I aim to break down exactly how this is done and to provide a number of suggestions and exercises to prompt you into doing it yourself.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Sitcom is deceptive. You think you are watching naturally funny people snipe, bicker and be witty, but the writer and later the script editor, producer, cast and crew have all done an immense amount of work in creating a unique world.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    There is a particular fondness for this form of scripted comedy.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Situation comedy, or ‘sitcom’, captures the public imagination.
  • Maynné Cortéshas quoted3 years ago
    They later reworked it to become a show called Amos & Andy
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