British Comedy Guide

Carry on writing

Miranda. Image shows left to right: Miranda (Miranda Hart), Dick Twist (Jason Watkins)

If we all abandoned our scripts the second things got a little difficult, nothing would ever get written.

Writing scripts is meant to be hard. You are meant, at times, to get stuck. All writers have good days and bad days. It's normal, on occasion, to not be feeling it.

It can be hard, therefore, to distinguish between an "off day" and a project that is fundamentally flawed.

The reason for this flaw might not be immediately obvious. Perhaps your characters are unclear. Perhaps you didn't put enough thought and effort into your script's plot. Perhaps the situation as a...

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Published: Wednesday 10th April 2024