Everything is premise and characters. The rest is just scribbling.
Sitcom Planning Page 4
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 BSTYou 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.