摘要:Peter Thompson interviews a number of comedy writers. Alan Plater discusses what is comedy? the subject of comedy, comedy and drama; Carl Sautter talks about the three act structure, finding the story, turning points in a script, the writing process, and the difference with writing comedy; Sue Ingleton discusses writing for a character, developing a character history, 'the blank page', writing for change and the power of comedy; Geoffrey Atherton talks about the ingredients of comedy, breaking the rules, character, 'laughs on the page', the comedy writer.
