Do any of you believe that you are writing ground breaking material on here? If you don't, then why are you bothering to write at all? I'm not slagging you lovely people off, nor am I having doubts about continuing writing myself. I'm somewhere in the middle. Fence boy they'll call me as they shout from their sides of the fence with their feet firmly in the greener grass.
I think it's excellent to see people practicing on here. Hopefully learning with every new sketch they write. Feedback is fun and when it works the community is great. I am wholeheartedly for it.
BUT. I get the sense it's going nowhere. It's all the same-old same-old. There are quite a few people on here doing quite well for themselves and the best of luck to them indeed. There not the ones I'm concerned with. To be honest, I'm not really concerned with anyone in particular because to some it's just a hobby, others take it further, the odd few, it's everything to them.
Sorry I'm rambling. Let me try to make my point here.
When was the last time you read a sketch and got genuinely excited? Yes, it's true, some of Steve Sunshine's have known to give me a semi. But when I look across the landscape of critique or a sketch on YouTube, even something on the telly. A lot of the time I don't feel that X factor. TBH, it rarely happens in comedy anyway. With a song, a book, a piece of film or art, it probably happens quite a lot. But with comedy, it's a lot more rare.
Your favourite sitcom, sketch show or film probably makes you wet your pants with laughter. But I bet it doesn't always make you feel "alive". WARNING: Leevil is intoxicated and is aware what a knob he sounds like.
I get frustrated with myself that I don't have those moments within my own writing. It makes me question and doubt why I am bothering. A part of me just wants to write some funny shit. But there's another part that wants to write something that matters. Not necessarily in a way that makes a change, as a political comedian would. But something with weight. Something probably much deeper than that. It's the scene, joke, comedian you think about when you ask yourself why are you writing. It's not like I'm striving to be considered an inspiration to anyone. It's more about creating that moment when you get excited about writing, where you think "I wanna do that" - "I want to create that moment". Again, it's not about creating a catchphrase or the next Dead Parrot sketch. It's about stirring the emotion that makes writing feel like an art form. Something that resonates deep within the human conscious. But like I mentioned, it's hard to do that with comedy because it's such a throw away thing. Unlike a piece of music, which can be repeated without loosing much steam.
As already indicated, I am intoxicated. I'm probably spouting a load of bollocks. But it is something that tortures me whenever I reflect upon my writing.
If you were curious, my "thing" is The Jerk. Y'know, that Steve Martin film. Not really high art at all. Not even the funniest film and not even my favourite Steve Martin film. But there's something about that film that does something to me. It ignites the writing fire in my belly. It makes me think that everything I write pails in comparison and thus rendering it pointless.
My post is about sketch writing and that isn't even a sketch. But even so, I still think the point stands. I still crave to write something I'm truly proud of. Although that probably never happens to anyone ever (who isn't delusional).
I made a thread a few weeks ago that didn't really work but was trying to make somewhat the same point. Don't know if you saw it? Comedy: What next? 
It's probably an extension of the thing I'm talking about now. Forget the "format" question, that's not what I was really after, it was more about originality in comedy. And how we can start writing something that we actually care about, rather than just another throw away sketch that we've seen someone else do already.
Damn, I better stop before I forget my point.
