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How NOT to Write a Sitcom: 100 Mistakes to Avoid If You Ever Want to Get Produced (Writing Handbooks) - Softcover
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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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About the Author
Marc Blake is a script consultant, writer and teacher of writing for sitcom. At City University he taught Sitcom and Comedy writing for fifteen years with graduates including Katherine Tate and the co-creators of 'Genius' (BBC2) and 'The Thick of It' (BBC1). He has sold three sitcoms to ITV and the BBC and his TV two-part Drama 'The Swap' (ITV) was broadcast in 2002 to great acclaim and nine million viewers.
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“Shows examples of pitfalls in concept, characterization and plotting so you can create your own slice of sitcom gold.” ―DVD & Blu-Ray Review
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- PublisherA&C Black Academic and Professional
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1408130858
- ISBN 13 9781408130858
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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