So far, so obvious. A sketch without characters would be,um, a very long joke or a short stand up set. And even then the persona of the performer gives you at least one character to play with. So sketches need characters. So what? Well, they need funny characters. Again, obvious. We’re trying to write comedy [...]
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The Show What You Wrote – the things what I learned
Well, 15,000 sketches read less than 1% of those used. And The Show What You Wrote is done (apart from the editing and broadcast… :) ). No credit for me this time. But I have learned a lot from the process of writing for a non-topical show. And from Jon Hunter‘s excellent general feedback which [...]
My gmail address will be out of action till Wednesday
Just in case anyone is trying to get hold of me on david.salisbury.writer :at: gmail (please turn this into a normal email address if you are not a spambot scraping the internet) I won’t have access to it until the middle of next week. Please use my personal email or the contact form on this [...]
Live From Kirrin Island Episode 4 goes out on Brooklands Radio tonight
That’s right Episode 4 of Live from Kirrin Island goes out on Brooklands Radio at 9pm tonight. Listen out for two new cast members Stephen Hope-Wynne and Lewis Macleod as well as our excellend regulars. And of course listen out for my sketch “Strivers vs Skivers”. I can’t take all the credit – we all [...]
The Show What You Wrote update
So some people have started receiving rewrite requests for sketches they sent into The Show What You Wrote. Nothing for me yet, but so far rewrite requests have gone to people who sent in their sketches very early – unlike me, I was working almost up to the midday (extended) deadline on 29th March. I managed to [...]
Tidying up the blog – part 1
It’s been rather hectic the last few months trying to write sketches for Newsjack (Series 8), The Show What You Wrote and Live From Kirrin Island Episode 4. But now that all that’s over for now I thought I ought to tidy the blog up a bit. I’ve added a summary of some of the [...]
Writing sketches: things to consider while drafting
Sorry about the lack of posting action – not been getting much sleep! Or free time not used for writing sketched. However I have been thinking hard about writing sketches and trying to make them as good as I possibly can. I always have certain ideas/ways of working that I keep in my head but [...]
Newsjack Series 8 Episode 1 – the recording
Just back on the train after watching the Newsjack recording. Both my sketches written in the writers’ meeting yesterday got recorded. Not sure either of them really lit up the room though, despite the work the script editors had done on them since last night. Also a got a couple of lines in the Valentines Austerity [...]
Off to the Newsjack writers’ meeting today
Which will be good. But also scary. Being paid to be funny in a room full of such funny people (who between them have probably seen almost any possible sketch idea already) will be a learning experience for sure. Better go and do some more preparation…
Writing for Newsjack: The hunt for the killer premise
Pity the poor Newsjack sketch reader. By the end of Monday they will know every possible horse meat joke in the history of the universe. That’s not to say you shouldn’t send yours as well, but for the sake of the poor reader do make it original. So don’t you do what I naturally do – [...]
