Dave Cohen discusses how, when creating a sitcom, you need to decide what your show is about, and what it is really about. Also, you need to ask yourself why you're writing it, and why now.
James Cary reveals 13 important rules of writing sitcom. From giving your characters hell, through to avoiding outside locations - there's lots of advice here.
Steve Nelson talks about what it's like to make a sitcom for Audible Originals. Along the way he offers tips on structuring a show and how to write a treatment.
Chris Head discusses how stand-up and sitcom cross-pollinate, and explains how he applied his character model of 'boss, striver and fool' to bring Steve Whiteley's character Wisebowm into a Radio 4 sitcom format.
Daniel Brierley, one of the winners of the BAFTA Rocliffe writing competition, blogs about having his work showcased at the New York Television Festival.
Former BBC Comedy executive Micheál Jacob has just written his first book, Getting It On - Writing and producing television comedy. In this article he takes a look at creating and writing sitcom.
