Mutter mutter mutter
It's amazing. After a couple of weeks of terrifyingly clichéd 'Writer's block' my brain seems to be full of ideas again. I've had so many thoughts popping in to my head I've caught myself muttering, a bit like Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Obviously, whether or not those ideas are actually funny is another matter entirely.
I hadn't realised that being a comedy writer could be such a daunting prospect, but the pressure to be funny now is an incredibly serious matter. Always one for multi-tasking, I've been working on a few different ideas over the last couple of weeks. Obviously I thought they were all hilarious, BAFTA written all over them, but I'm actually working at the BBC now and professional funny people read my ideas. Scary. But absolutely amazing. It's great when I write something that my Mum and Dad find hilarious but sometimes I wonder if their opinion could be slightly biased. Having to show my work straight to the BBC is ever so slightly terrifying but when people like them it's fantastic. Now I'm learning to relax and trust my own sense of humour, although trying to remember that not everyone finds old people falling over funny. I can't help it, I've been brainwashed by You've Been Framed.
In other news, I was pleased to realise my suspected Bird Flu was merely a common cold. Unfortunately it means I'm no longer eligible for compensation but I do get to have some Calpol and go to bed at 8pm. Yessss.
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Hello there, I just wanted to pick your brains a bit really if that's ok? obviously you can't answer me so I'll just ask...how did you get working at the bbc? I've done a writing degree blah blah and now I'm wondering how to follow it up. Are you doing voluntary work just to make contacts, or is it "a proper job"?
Sorry to pester, John