Sketch 201: Keep Writing Sketch Comedy Now

If you had a great time in "Start Writing Sketch Comedy Now" and are ready for more, then we invite you to "Keep Writing Sketch Comedy Now!"

In "Start Writing Sketch Comedy Now", we covered the foundations of sketch comedy writing, the 4 major categories of sketch comedy, sketch comedy writers' room protocol and live practice, multiple tools to generate useful sketch ideas quickly, and repeatable methods to continue creating your own sketch comedy in your own voice.

In this class "Keep Writing Sketch Comedy Now", we will expand on those skills, with a particular focus on learning 5 new sketch structures; all group sketch structures with 3 or more characters!

We'll cover tricks, tips, tools and techniques for writing:

• Fish Out of Water sketches
• Town Hall/Center and Eccentrics sketches
• Entrances and Exits sketches
• Genre Mapping sketches
• Pile On sketches

And also:

• Weekly cold reads and writers' room
• Weekly (optional) sketch assignments on the new structures
• Explore more tools for strengthening your comedy writing!

Whatever type of sketch comedy you love - from Monty Python to Key and Peele, from SNL to Inside Amy Schumer, from Vaudeville to Tik Tok - you will leave this workshop empowered to Keep Writing Sketch Comedy, now!

Prerequisites:

This is a 201 Workshop. In order to enroll in this Workshop you must first have completed Sketch 101 "Start Writing Sketch Comedy Now!".

Workshop Details:

• This Workshop will be held on-line on the platform Zoom, and is accessible anywhere in the world
• This Workshop is a combination of in-class lectures, in-class writing exercises, at-home sketch writing, and in-class sharing of your work
• There is an optional Sketch writing assignment after each session (5 optional sketch assignments total)
• You can attend this workshop live or on your own schedule, all sessions are recorded live and made available to you at a private link after each session, link valid for 30 days.