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Ask the Write Questions with Dolly Alderton and China Moo-Young

BBC Writers

CHAPTER

How to Write a Script

Everything I know about comedy is kind of from the muppets. Writing an article is a very solitary experience other than a set of notes that you get from an editor whereas screenwriting is just it's a band of brothers writing that script even when you're the only screenwriter. The best way you can understand how to write scripts is reading as many as possible. One of my favorite things to do is watch a film and then find the script online and read the script. This one's from Instagram Dolly did you have any script writing guidance beforehand? "I've done screenwriting courses at university"

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