So, how did your first attempt at sketch writing go then?

Thank you for asking and of course, for taking an interest in what I do - it's really nice of you.  OK, it was nerve wracking but ultimately rewarding.  I did receive a few laughs and more importantly, loads of useful feedback, such as:

My character Malcolm was interesting
The punchline didn't work
Good use of dialogue
It flattened down towards the end
The shopkeeper should deny everything
Pervert: Actually could be an alternative title

Of course, this makes naff all sense without seeing the sketch in it's entirety, so if it's fine and dandy with you, I'll do a re-write and post it on the blog at some point?  I wish I had somebody to collaborate with, but everyone is seemingly paired off at The London Comedy Writers or prefers to write alone.  Oh well, with my psychology course at City Lit commencing on Tuesday, 17th September I won't be able to make any meetings until late October and hopefully by then I would have got my act together a little better?  Maybe.

Writing Sketches

Yeah, instead of cleaning the bathroom thoroughly this afternoon I have been writing comedy (well that and carrying out a pedicure whilst listening the excellent comedy podcasts of Mr Richard Herring's Leicester Square series plus Olly and Helen's Answer Me This!.  Actually, comedy podcasts are one of my current obsessions?  What, another frigging thing to add to the already humongous list - grow up woman.  Fine, be like that but it's mainly because they break up the tedium of doing housework* standing up on the train/reading to your child etc**

Right, after I'd received some really helpful constructive criticism from one of my friends from the London Comedy Writers I decided to write a completely new sketch for performance during Tuesday night's Sketchaggeddon session, so I did and it's about two men in a newsagent and is entitled All The Small Ads.  Hopefully it's ok, I guess I'll find out on soon, won't I?  I must admit that I like writing things to a very short deadline/turnaround time, it gives me much more focus than my normal fannying around ever could. 

* I tend to stick my iPod in my bra whilst carrying out two of the activities listed.
** Yes, I know it's inherently wrong but the majority of kids' books are really repetitive, boring and the moral messages drive me bananas.  Saying that, certain authors are much better than others and the one which contained a rather spiffing drawing of a donkey's face whilst he was having his temperature taken in the traditional asinine manner was hilarious.