The craft of sitcom is possibly the hardest of all screenwriting
genres, demanding a complex set of skills. 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 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 writing for sitcom. 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 that is roadworthy.
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