I’m a strong believer in the power of vulnerability when writing - especially comedy. For a lot of people, being alone is the only way to feel safe enough to expose the funny truths inside. The safe space you have built together with Lucy is immensely enabling both creatively and & (I hadn’t considered this before) in the commercial brutal bits.
Well done you two for finding it and making it real !
Thank you Dom, that is such a lovely way of putting it. I think "the power of vulnerability" is sometimes overlooked, and you're right it can be as valuable to tap into this for writing comedy as it is for improvising comedy.
Thanks so much!
(ps - I hope all is well at Blean Castle and that no more double denim vikings have intruded)
Love this, relate strongly! A someone who is a polyamorous (polydextrous?) writing partner with a few people, its interesting to me how working with a different person can bring out different sensibilities and push your writing in new directions.
Thanks Shaun! Being a polydextrous (love that expression!) writing partner must be interesting too, in terms of each partnership giving a different flavour to the work. Maybe it's like improv in that way too, in that improvising with different people/groups can bring out different things.
I like the idea of a writing partner. I’ve done co writing on projects in the past and it can be great if you find the right person. You’re very lucky.
True, I am very lucky and grateful to work with Lucy. Like you I have co-written with other people in the past which has also been good, but has been more about stand-alone projects.
I love this article and totally agree working with a partner is brilliant. I've worked in various successful partnerships in the past and it's been great, but that was a while ago and now I'm interested in potentially working again with a partner, but how do you find the right one? I also like the idea of going somewhere where lots of other writers are writing, just being in that environment can be a boost in itself. Collaboration is a winner in my book.
Thanks Philippa, I agree collaboration is so great. That's a really interesting question about how you find the right writing partner again. I guess you don't know if they'll be "the right one" until you try. We gave it a go initially with the view just to work on one project. That way if it didn't click we knew there would no long term commitment/pressure to continue. So maybe one approach could be finding a topic you and a comedy pal have in common and approaching them to see if they want to write about it with you?
Someone else I know was set up with a writing partner through their agent, a bit like a blind date, & luckily it worked out! So that could be another option for people with comedy agents maybe.
I’m a strong believer in the power of vulnerability when writing - especially comedy. For a lot of people, being alone is the only way to feel safe enough to expose the funny truths inside. The safe space you have built together with Lucy is immensely enabling both creatively and & (I hadn’t considered this before) in the commercial brutal bits.
Well done you two for finding it and making it real !
Thank you Dom, that is such a lovely way of putting it. I think "the power of vulnerability" is sometimes overlooked, and you're right it can be as valuable to tap into this for writing comedy as it is for improvising comedy.
Thanks so much!
(ps - I hope all is well at Blean Castle and that no more double denim vikings have intruded)
Love this, relate strongly! A someone who is a polyamorous (polydextrous?) writing partner with a few people, its interesting to me how working with a different person can bring out different sensibilities and push your writing in new directions.
Thanks Shaun! Being a polydextrous (love that expression!) writing partner must be interesting too, in terms of each partnership giving a different flavour to the work. Maybe it's like improv in that way too, in that improvising with different people/groups can bring out different things.
I like the idea of a writing partner. I’ve done co writing on projects in the past and it can be great if you find the right person. You’re very lucky.
True, I am very lucky and grateful to work with Lucy. Like you I have co-written with other people in the past which has also been good, but has been more about stand-alone projects.
I love this article and totally agree working with a partner is brilliant. I've worked in various successful partnerships in the past and it's been great, but that was a while ago and now I'm interested in potentially working again with a partner, but how do you find the right one? I also like the idea of going somewhere where lots of other writers are writing, just being in that environment can be a boost in itself. Collaboration is a winner in my book.
Thanks Philippa, I agree collaboration is so great. That's a really interesting question about how you find the right writing partner again. I guess you don't know if they'll be "the right one" until you try. We gave it a go initially with the view just to work on one project. That way if it didn't click we knew there would no long term commitment/pressure to continue. So maybe one approach could be finding a topic you and a comedy pal have in common and approaching them to see if they want to write about it with you?
Someone else I know was set up with a writing partner through their agent, a bit like a blind date, & luckily it worked out! So that could be another option for people with comedy agents maybe.