Or loads and loads of threads on BCG.
Not to mention loads of accepted scripts in critique. They're a good education in improving one's sketch writing.
Making money out of Comedy Writing? Page 5
Of course! Sorry, I was a bit tired when I asked that question.
Thanks.
Yo.
What I'd also say, is why stick to comedy. If you can write comedy, you should probably have some talent at writing.
Comedy occasionally pays me, but I'm only occasionally funny.
Quote: Marooned @ July 11 2010, 9:42 PM BSTFor those who have made money out of comedy writing - after you began taking writing seriously, how long was it before you made your first reasonable amount of money?
I was skint for three years before I started making "a living". And I do mean skint - on and off the dole, having to get crisis loans, dossing down at friends' houses etc. Horrible time. 
Not strictly comedy writing, but I started writing screenplays in 2005.
Didn't sell anything until 2009.
Still not even close to a living - but as the number of contacts build, the opportunities rise exponentially, so perhaps in another few years it might be.
I think, generally speaking, until you get to the point where people are asking you to write stuff - rather than you asking them to read stuff - you'll struggle to make aliving out of it.
What I keep meaning to do is submit a radio play to the BBC, I can't help thinking that subbing to Newsjack and similar unlikely to make money, even if I were accepted. I think you ask the question because you can write comedy and want to know how to make money out of it. Well we're all wondering that.
Submit to as many places as possible is probably the best advice.
Quote: Tim Azure @ July 18 2010, 6:08 PM BSTWhat I keep meaning to do is submit a radio play to the BBC, I can't help thinking that subbing to Newsjack and similar unlikely to make money, even if I were accepted. I think you ask the question because you can write comedy and want to know how to make money out of it. Well we're all wondering that.
Submit to as many places as possible is probably the best advice.
Why not submit to BBC Writers Room? They should be looking for all kinds of writers.
Very, very few people make a steady income out of writing. And even then much of it is from teaching others to write, proofing scripts, spec writng for corporate blogs etc.
The number of people day in day out writing comedy for profit, I suspect is tiny.
There's also the idea of incorporating comedy / humour in other forms of writing. Okay, you might not earn a living, but you could earn a useful income (and from where I sit, any income is a useful income). I've written material for greetings cards, which are essentially two-line gags and the occasional bit of copywriting such as: http://alongthewritelines.blogspot.com/2010/09/vw-beetle-ad.html
The only rule is that anything's worth a go.
Good luck!