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Quote: oldcowgrazing @ August 5 2008, 5:08 PM BST

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You don't have to agree with me, I was just in a grumpy mood yesterday.

Quote: oldcowgrazing @ August 4 2008, 3:58 PM BST

Nope the plot's there but the funniest (back to back)scenes are further along and at the end. The beginnng is sort of 'meh' but I don't really want to tinker about with the first pages just for the sake of cramming in laughs. It comes into it's own on the third page.

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Can't you start with the funny bit - that's what will keep the viewers - and then flashback?

Yep that's what I'm gonna do-reshuffle the scenes. *sigh* it's going to be a very long next week.

I'd definitely save exposition for your cover letter and concentrate on your funniest stuff. This may sound obvious but where possible you may want to consider scenes with humour that isn't esoteric to the characters - any wit, cracking one-liners and excellent writing that is just funny no matter who delivers it.

Sometimes i think it's easy to get lost in the world you've created and forget the reader is seeing it for the first time. The spec script is always such a different prospect than your actual plans.