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How to be a
Sitcom Writer
Secrets from the Inside
MARC BLAKE
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HOW TO BE A SITCOM WRITER
Copyright © Marc Blake, 2005
The right of Marc Blake to be identified as the author of this
work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and
78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Condition of Sale
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,
by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or
otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other
than that in which it is published and without a similar
condition including this condition being imposed on the
subsequent publisher.
Summersdale Publishers Ltd
46 West Street
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 1RP
UK
www.summersdale.com
Printed and bound in Great Britain
ISBN 1 84024 447 X
Contents
Introduction
8
Part One
Sitcom essentials
10
What is sitcom?
11
What makes great sitcom?
14
Studying the genre
19
Origins
24
UK vs. USA
29
Types of sitcom
33
High concept
38
Writing for stars
41
Part Two
Where do I begin?
44
Keeping a notebook
45
Transcribing a dialogue
47
Your sense of humour
48
Ideas into practice
49
Learn from the best
51
Script layout
53
Part Three
Practicalities of sitcom
62
Modern sitcom
63
Comedy drama
65
Team writing
66
Soapcom
69
Alarm bells
70
Long shadows
70
Nostalgia
71
The paranormal
72
Cops
73
Media
73
Taboos and beyond
75
Arc of character
80
Exceptions to the rules of sitcom
82
Part Four
Character
84
Finding inspiration
85
Writing a C.V.
88
Real or cliché?
91
Conflict
97
‘Story of my life’
98
Opposites repel
101
The foil
103
Locked in a room
105
Troubleshooting
110
Part Five
Situation and relationships
113
Situation
114
Relationships
120
The false family
126
Class and failure
130
The trap
134
Unique attitudes
138
Titles and title sequences
141
Part Six
Plotting
144
Plot
145
Subplot
148
Scenes and acts
150
Escalation and resolution
153
Coincidence and contrivance
157
How many plots do I write?
159
Plot checklist
160
Not having a plot
160

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