Punching up a comedy script
Punching up, punching down, punching in all directions - comedy writers always seem to be talking about punching these days. But perhaps the most important punch-based activity any writer can be involved in is the 'punch up' - which is quite different to fashioning witty bon mots about the government or any other powerful people in the public eye.
So what do we mean by a punch-up? Put simply, a punch up is when a writer - usually a small group of writers; if you're a new writer, perhaps you, the script editor and maybe somebody else - goes through...
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