Dozens of potential students tell me that this is at the root of why they aren't writing. I believe that anyone can write great sketch comedy if they are given an easy, step by step approach that doesn't trigger resistance or writers block, and they are given solid comedy skills. It's all about baby steps.
I'm Sean Hogan and I've been teaching sketch comedy writing for over 10 years, both at my home and at the Groundlings Theater School in Los Angeles. I developed my unique method by analyzing great sketches and discovering what they all have in common (there are 4 things). I took great sketches apart, like a watch, and discovered that they have a common framework that can be your guide for building your own sketches. In over 10 years of writing and performing sketch comedy at the Groundlings, I have lots of practical advice to share about what keeps the creative juices flowing, and shows you how to trigger an audience to laugh out loud, all at the same time. I'm happy to share what I learned from all of my live performances at the Groundlings theater. The class progresses in these 4 steps: 1. Sketch Basics: 2. Easy Sketch Writing: 3. Endings: 4. Effective rewriting:
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