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How much of my success is due to white privilege?
What are your chances of becoming a writer? Of being successful enough to make a living? We're always being told it will depend on a combination of talent and hard work but that's not the whole answer. How much is down to you, and how much to your personal circumstances? The question of the moment is about your identity. Where are you from, and how does that affect your chances of success?
Dave Cohen, Chortle, 14th October 2020John Finnemore honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Writing
John Finnemore has been honoured with a special award at the 2020 Writers' Guild Awards. Other winners at the awards included Danny Brocklehurst for Brassic and Caroline Moran and James J Moran for Prepper.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020So... what is a joke?
Dave Cohen tries to answer a simple question.
Chortle, 31st October 2019How Boris became Britain's most successful comedian
On Have I Got News For You, I saw the Conservative frontrunner learn how to joke his way out of trouble.
Dave Cohen, The New Statesman, 18th June 20197 things I learned at the Comedy Awards
What clues do the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019 awards offer to new writers hoping to make 2019 the year of writing comedy? Let's see...
Dave Cohen, Bang2Write, 18th January 2019Dave Cohen interview
I think the main mistake made by writers at every level is to not work hard enough at giving each character a distinctive voice.
Why Did The Chicken?, 3rd January 2019The Complete Comedy Writer, by Dave Cohen review
Dave Cohen's book about comedy writing doesn't have any of the answers. But it does have a lot of questions - and that is probably more useful to an aspiring scribe trying to figure out what's wrong with their script or in need of a bit of inspiration.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th December 2018Improvi... doing it ag... making it bett- rewriting
Writing is re-writing, according to Ernest Hemingway, or Dorothy Parker, depending on which internet search engine you're looking at.
Dave Cohen, Dave Cohen, 5th April 2018What is a joke?
What is a joke? A joke is a three-act story - even if your joke has only four words, as Tim Vine manages with his magnificent: 'Velcro? What a rip-off!'
Dave Cohen, Chortle, 17th October 2017Is there too much political correctness in comedy?
Why is this being discussed AGAIN??? Haven't we gone round the houses with this a million times? Haven't we established that there are only two possible responses? To the question 'is there too much political correctness in comedy' isn't the answer either: YES, you're not allowed to be rude about people any more, it's not racist it's just banter, it's only jokes... or NO, it's good that in the modern world where all nationalities sit side by side, where women are supposed to be treated as equals and people with disabilities need respect not mockery, refusing to be cruel for the sake of it when writing comedy is a good place to start?
Dave Cohen, Chortle, 27th September 2017