DIALOGUE SCHMIALOGUE

Before you start typing scenes from your Sitcom – stop! Beginning the comedy writing process with actual writing is as useful as cooking with spices only. It is not particularly creative for the reason that it doesn’t create anything useful. Dialogue-jamming is easy and fun. This is why we love to do it. But, to…

COMIC STORYTELLING

(Excerpt from, The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy (Currency Press) “It’s hard enough to write a good drama; it’s much harder to write a good comedy; and it’s hardest of all to write a drama with comedy, which is what life is.” – Jack Lemmon COMIC STORYTELLING The demands of a classic comedy story…