Writing Tips

Writing for different genres, formats and media can make very different demands on the writer, and on the way you conceive and tell your story.

Read the tips below to get a head start on the different types of story that we can help you with.

Writing for film

Writing for short film

Writing TV Situation Comedy

Writing Radio Drama

Writing TV Drama

Writing Radio Situation Comedy

Paul Mayhew Archer on Sitcoms
The co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley and developer of many BBC shows talks about the primary rules of sitcom.

The Perfect 10
BBC writersroom development manager Paul Ashton's blog series on the ten things that we look for in a script