British Comedy Guide

Sitcom Planning Page 4

Everything is premise and characters. The rest is just scribbling.

I tend to use four acts.

Act 1 sets up the scene

Acts 2 and 3 create the issues, obstacles or problems for the characters

Act 4 is the resolution

Quote: chipolata @ May 8 2008, 3:25 PM BST

You never let stuff go, do you? Have you been waiting all this time to spring that on me?

I actually think there are no hard and fast rules, and as a writer it never hurts to mix up the way you conceive and write things to keep you from getting stale.

LOL. No, I liked that one from you.

:)

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