Writing (general)

This is our section housing general advice about comedy writing.

Every scene in your comedy script should move the story forward - and contain something funny.

We consider parody as a comic sub-genre.

Learning to write to order is a skill that all professional comedy writers need to develop.

Sitcom or comedy drama - which should you write?

"Why did you do that?"... "Just because." This is not a satisfactory answer - in life, or in a script.

Particularly early in your career, you should try to listen to advice.

Coincidence kills comedy. No, really, it does.

It's very important that the dialogue in your sitcom script is characterful.

Micheál Jacob looks at the absolute basics of narrative comedy writing.

It's really important that you write what you want.

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