James Cary
- 49 years old
- English
- Writer and script editor
Press clippings
Sitcom Geeks podcast to end
Long-running comedy writing podcast Sitcom Geeks is to end this July, hosts James Cary and Dave Cohen have announced.
British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2023Why I abandonned writing a novel. Twice.
I started writing a novel in lockdown. Who didn't? I had some characters from a play I'd written. I had an exciting new story and situation. How hard can it be?
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 18th May 2023Please Use Other Door, The Skewer and Milton Jones up for BBC Awards
Please Use Other Door, The Skewer, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, The Downing Street Doppelganger, Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian and Tudur Owen: United Nations Of Anglesey are finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2023A formula for sitcom success?
2023 is fast approaching. A new year. A new hope. If you read this blog, you and I probably share the same aim: to get a sitcom commissioned. Is that a realistic hope? Yes. And no.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 29th December 2022BBC Audio Awards 2023 nominees
The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 has been revealed. DMs Are Open, Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out, Please Use Other Door, SeanceCast, The Skewer and Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! are amongst the nominees.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2022Sitcom plotting: the nitty gritty
Have you written a pilot sitcom script? There's a very good chance that your first ten pages contains at least three of the following: Introductions, Explanations, Exposition, Tracking shots / specified camera angles, A montage, Backstory, Detailed explanations of what we're looking at, Specific tracks of music we're hearing, Lots of dialogue for non-regular characters, Lots of action in a location that we never see again. How did you do? Marks out of ten? A high score is bad.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 23rd June 2022That feeling that never goes away
You have control over what you write, and over how you improve your craft. Focus on that.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 22nd June 2022How to write a sitcom script that doesn't suck
The road is long. And the way is hard. But we've established that you don't need qualifications or specialist expensive equipment - but because of that, everyone's a writer and it's competitive. But a good script is hard to find and will get you noticed. Honestly.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 16th June 2022Can you write a sitcom? YES, but careful now...
Here are two things to bear in mind. I said there was money in it, but...
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 15th June 2022Can You Write a Sitcom? YES YOU CAN!
Right now, I feel like the monster in a Scooby Doo cartoon, trying to scare you away from something. In my last couple of posts, you might be thinking that I've been trying to stop you from writing a sitcom so I've got less competition. That's not why. I really love sitcoms, and I want more sitcoms on TV and better ones. The more competition that drives up the quality that makes sitcoms funnier and makes me laugh more, the merrier!
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 14th June 2022