British Comedy Guide

Bad writing

Man realising he's made a grammar mistake

Sometimes we read scripts and pieces of writing that are just... well, they're just bad.

Good writing comes in many forms and styles. Bad writing is often simply... bad.

And we don't mean bad as in trite or derivative. We mean bad as in "objectively poorly constructed".

Handing in work that fails to demonstrate a rudimentary understanding of grammar, punctuation, and spelling is usually a mistake.

It is, of course, quite possible that the world such a script is attempting to explore is breathtakingly brilliant and original, but the reality is, if the material is unreadable, nobody will get far...

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Published: Tuesday 9th April 2024

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