How To Write A Sitcom Script - Writing Tips Live Stream With Marc Blake

In this live stream I interview sitcom writer Marc Blake on how to write a sitcom script.

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The craft of how to write a sitcom script is possibly the hardest of all screenwriting genres, demanding a complex set of skills. Marc's Book How NOT to Write a Sitcom is a troubleshooting guide aimed at both the novice and the practising sitcom writer. It illustrates and explains the many pitfalls in concept, characterisation, plotting and dramatic/comedic writing, which pepper the hundreds of scripts submitted every year.

Each point of how to write a sitcom is illustrated with an example of the error and each section contains practical suggestions and exercises for the writer to apply to their own writing. The book makes no assumption of the reader other than an interest in the form. It contains interviews with current producers as well as interviews with successful practioners of the craft.

Marc Blake is a script consultant, writer and teacher of how to write a sitcom script. In this book he acts as a 'script mechanic' for writers - stripping a sitcom down to its component parts, isolating the faults and fixing them. What script editors and producers are looking for are scripts that work. Naturally they want a genius in embryo, but above all they first want to see something.

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