Feedback
Getting useful, unbiased, and affordable feedback on your project is vital, especially in the early stages
And lets face it, taking it to your brother or your best mate just doesn’t work:
a) because they probably aren’t into comedy, or at least have never tried making it, and
b) because they certainly aren’t independent.
“Yeh I loved it, you’re really clever” is nice to hear but actually isn’t that helpful.
Matt Tiller, Head of Development for Comedy Central, emphasises the point and the importance of feedback in his article about the challenges for new writers:
That’s why we developed the Comedy Crowd Writersrooms, giving you lots of independent feedback from a select group of like minded of comedy creators. Click the link below to join and find out more:
If you are thinking of using ‘Ask The Crowd’, there’s a couple of really good blog posts you should read on giving and receiving notes. The first is by James Cary from Sitcom Geeks:
And the second is by Peep Show writer Sam Bain: